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2009 Saint-Guadens

derrybderryb Posts: 37,619 ✭✭✭✭✭
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According to latest Coin World, Mint is quoted as stating the 2009 double eagle commemorative will be struck at the West Point Mint but will not bear the "W" mintmark. Is this a first?

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  • edix2001edix2001 Posts: 3,388 ✭
    Not a first.
    The gold Sacagaweas that went up in space were struck at West Point but had no mintmark.
    member, Greater Houston Coin Club - Edwin's Coin Cabinet
  • UTTM07UTTM07 Posts: 313 ✭✭
    And also, lots of bullion and regular issue coins have been struck there with no mint mark when slack needed to be taken up for production.
  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,619 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Kinda invalidates the whole mint mark purpose. Coins oughta be marked where they are actually minted. JMHO.

    No Way Out: Stimulus and Money Printing Are the Only Path Left

  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806 ✭
    If there was a way to determine where the coin was minted, ie a die marker, could these then be considered error coins without mint mark?
    I know one segment of the population that would love an error coin slabbed "No W".
  • CB2597CB2597 Posts: 3,042
    Hope someone comes in full of spirit and absentmindedly punch in a "w" on a few of them...image
  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    The West Point Mint has been minting coins without a mint mark since the 1970's. Nothing new here.


    Edited to add: UTTM07 nailed it in an earlier post. Sorry, I missed it.

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