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Why is it the dime that is usually missing the mintmark?

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  • Werent there a few Kennedy's too?

    but I dunno, that's a good question
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,511 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Three dime dies, one nickel, one cent.
    Don't know why this would be, other than perhaps because the mint mark is in a less conspicuous area on the dime die, and therefore less likely to get noticed as being missing.
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭


    << <i>Why is it the dime that is usually missing the mintmark? >>



    The surface area was too small for them to fit it in image
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,702 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Why is it the dime that is usually missing the mintmark? >>



    The surface area was too small for them to fit it in image >>




    A numis News author once suggested it was that the small surface area made
    it easier to overlook. This sounds as plasible as any other theory.

    The circ versaion ('82 NMM) is also a dime.
    Tempus fugit.

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