What was the first US coin with a mintmark?
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<< <i>1792 H10c..... same mintmark as all the Philly issues >>
The Philadelphia mint didn't start using a mintmark until 1979.
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<< <i>1792 H10c..... same mintmark as all the Philly issues >>
The Philadelphia mint didn't start using a mintmark until 1979. >>
Not only that, the 1792 1/2 disme's were not made by the mint. They were made in the private offices of John Harper.
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<< <i>1792 H10c..... same mintmark as all the Philly issues >>
The Philadelphia mint didn't start using a mintmark until 1979. >>
Make that 1942 when the war nickels where issued.
The answer to the question lies in the branch mint delivery records. I would need to review my reference books about the three southern mints.
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<< <i>1792 H10c..... same mintmark as all the Philly issues >>
The Philadelphia mint didn't start using a mintmark until 1979. >>
Make that 1942 when the war nickels where issued.
The answer to the question lies in the branch mint delivery records. I would need to review my reference books about the three southern mints. >>
Nice catch. I forgot about the war nickels.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>1792 H10c..... same mintmark as all the Philly issues >>
Seriously? There's no "P" on that coin? Seriously?
I didn't know they made coins in 1979. Spent all of mine without looking. Did they have any silver in them? Seriously....
edited to add: Seriously?
ColonelJessup, I hear there's a shop in China that sells
boxes of little "P" mintmarks you can apply to your
late-18th-century type-set coins!
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ColonelJessup, I hear there's a shop in China that sells
boxes of little "P" mintmarks you can apply to your
late-18th-century type-set coins!
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Seriously?
Is there any kind of reference book that could give me dates, mintage information and stuff like that? Ask someone at your office
I'm very happy this Forum has its full complement of enablers.
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats every day"
The first coins struck with a mint mark were the 1838-C half eagles, which started to be made on March 26, 1838.
The next were the 1838-D half eagles, which were first produced on April 26, 1838.
Finally the New Orleans mint struck the first 1838-O dimes on May 7, 1838.
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The first coins struck with a mint mark were the 1838-C half eagles, which started to be made on March 26, 1838.
The next were the 1838-D half eagles, which were first produced on April 26, 1838.
Finally the New Orleans mint struck the first 1838-O dimes on May 7, 1838. >>
Very cool. Thank you.
Col: You were obviously joking, but since the joke made no sense you got those replies!
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<< <i>1792 H10c..... same mintmark as all the Philly issues >>
The Philadelphia mint didn't start using a mintmark until 1979. >>
Make that 1942 when the war nickels where issued.
The answer to the question lies in the branch mint delivery records. I would need to review my reference books about the three southern mints. >>
Nice catch. I forgot about the war nickels.
Don't feel badly. I could not have told you off the top of my head that 1979 was the year mint marks were moved to the obverse.
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<< <i>1792 H10c..... same mintmark as all the Philly issues >>
Seriously? There's no "P" on that coin? Seriously?
I didn't know they made coins in 1979. Spent all of mine without looking. Did they have any silver in them? Seriously....
edited to add: Seriously?
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Sure! They even make coins to this day!!!
They used to coin real money that could buy a shirt or dinner for two but in 1979 the
largest coin was only a quarter which would be about equivalent to a two cent piece
back in the 1870's. It's still money so they are still coins.
Look at it this way; you'd need a pretty good stack of twenty dollar bills to equal the
buying power of a double eagle back in the 19th century but $20 bills are still money
and are still used to conduct commerce. It's just now days coins have become small
change instead of useful money and the penny is an albatross we all must bear.
From the Charlotte Half Eagle thread
<< <i>What about the 1787 Brasher Doubloon with the "EB" stamp on it? >>
Not a US coin. It was a private issue.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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<< <i>What about the 1787 Brasher Doubloon with the "EB" stamp on it? >>
Not a US coin. It was a private issue. >>
that was his initials to wasent it?
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<< <i>1792 H10c..... same mintmark as all the Philly issues >>
The Philadelphia mint didn't start using a mintmark until 1979. >>
Make that 1942 when the war nickels where issued.
The answer to the question lies in the branch mint delivery records. I would need to review my reference books about the three southern mints. >>
Nice catch. I forgot about the war nickels.
Don't feel badly. I could not have told you off the top of my head that 1979 was the year mint marks were moved to the obverse.
I knew. In the Fall of 1978 I was still at Coin World when the official press release pictures came in for the Susan B. Anthony dollar. We were looking at them in the Editorial office, and I asked Margo Russell "Where is the mint mark going to be?" She said that she did not know, but that she would call Mary Brooks and ask her.
About a half hour later she came out of her office and said "The mint mark is going to be behind the shoulder, and they are going to use a P for Philadelphia!"
I have always wondered if my question to Margo and her question to Mary Brooks and Mary Brooks question to her staff had anything to do with the decision to use the "P," or if it was already decided and they simply hadn't bothered to tell anybody yet.
TD
<< <i>What about the 1814 Philadelphia platinum half dollar with all the P's on it?
<< <i>What about the 1814 Philadelphia platinum half dollar with all the P's on it?
The one somebody P'd all over?
<< <i>Don't feel badly. I could not have told you off the top of my head that 1979 was the year mint marks were moved to the obverse. I most collect modern regular issues as Proof sets and confess that I don't look at them that often. >> >>
<< <i>I knew. In the Fall of 1978 I was still at Coin World when the official press release pictures came in for the Susan B. Anthony dollar. We were looking at them in the Editorial office, and I asked Margo Russell "Where is the mint mark going to be?" She said that she did not know, but that she would call Mary Brooks and ask her. >>
You're both wrong. It was 1968 when the mint marks were moved to the obverse for all business strikes and proofs. I can't believe no one else has mentioned it yet. You're making me feel old, because I remember all the excitement when mint marks made their return after a 3 year hiatus.
Jim
<< <i>...... I'm just waiting for all the sharp lawyers to chime in on this subject arguing this topic to the absurd extremes. >>
Associates billed at $200 an hour are working on this as we speak.
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<< <i>...... I'm just waiting for all the sharp lawyers to chime in on this subject arguing this topic to the absurd extremes. >>
Associates billed at $200 an hour are working on this as we speak.
Ya' can't even get Longacre's maid for that kindda money.