How Strange to see the "P" mint mark on new Lincolns

ambro51 · May 2, 2017 12:10PM

Yes here on the East coast a mere 46 miles from the Mint I got my first 2017 cent from Wawa. ....most of my change comes from here and they dispense from a machine. Guarda supplies their coins. Fine months in to get one, and How Odd to see a mint marked fresh coin here. Denver mint issues are Really Scarce here, especially very recent years. What exactly IS the logic in needing to mint mark the cent after 224 years of issues? Anyway, odd to see a P

oih82w8 · May 2, 2017 12:26PM

225th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Mint

Icollecteverything · May 2, 2017 8:07PM

I was at the store and got two fresh out of a roll in change. It is so odd looking that I had to keep them. How many years with no P?

basetsb · May 2, 2017 8:08PM

@Icollecteverything said:
I was at the store and got two fresh out of a roll in change. It is so odd looking that I had to keep them. How many years with no P?

108 years

brg5658 · May 2, 2017 8:45PM

@basetsb said:

@Icollecteverything said:
I was at the store and got two fresh out of a roll in change. It is so odd looking that I had to keep them. How many years with no P?

108 years

As far as I know, there has never been a cent minted with a "P" mint mark since the beginning of the US Mint...much longer than 108 years.

TurboSnail · May 2, 2017 9:24PM

@brg5658 said:

@basetsb said:

@Icollecteverything said:
I was at the store and got two fresh out of a roll in change. It is so odd looking that I had to keep them. How many years with no P?

108 years

As far as I know, there has never been a cent minted with a "P" mint mark since the beginning of the US Mint...much longer than 108 years.

Yes. That is correct. It is the first time in 225-year history of minting cents

carabonnair · May 2, 2017 10:29PM

Yes. That is correct. It is the first time in 225-year history of minting cents

Perhaps longer if you count the Fugio cents (although they weren't made in Philadelphia)

ricko · May 3, 2017 5:57AM

Yes... 225 years... and, if the Mint is true to their word, it will be the last.... So, I saved a couple that I got from change... I saw the clerk 'pop' the roll.... Cheers, RickO

jessewvu · May 3, 2017 7:56AM

I need to see a picture or it didn't happen

basetsb · May 3, 2017 7:58AM

@brg5658 said:

@basetsb said:

@Icollecteverything said:
I was at the store and got two fresh out of a roll in change. It is so odd looking that I had to keep them. How many years with no P?

108 years

As far as I know, there has never been a cent minted with a "P" mint mark since the beginning of the US Mint...much longer than 108 years.

I assumed we were talking about the Lincoln cent design...since there were never any mint marks on large cents

asheland · May 3, 2017 8:37AM

I got mine in mid January. They got to NC quick!

steveben · May 3, 2017 9:33AM

@asheland said:
I got mine in mid January. They got to NC quick!

agree. i was on a trip to nc and i received a bunch in change...that was in feb. i have not seen one here on the west coast. just D mint.

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FranklinHalfAddict · May 3, 2017 9:51AM

@ambro51 said:
Yes here on the East coast a mere 46 miles from the Mint I got my first 2017 cent from Wawa. ....most of my change comes from here and they dispense from a machine. Guarda supplies their coins. Fine months in to get one, and How Odd to see a mint marked fresh coin here. Denver mint issues are Really Scarce here, especially very recent years. What exactly IS the logic in needing to mint mark the cent after 224 years of issues? Anyway, odd to see a P

Wawa is the greatest convenience store ever. I wish there were some ear where I lived.

oih82w8 · May 3, 2017 11:15AM

@jessewvu said:
I need to see a picture or it didn't happen

Of "the clerk 'pop' the roll"?

Fairlaneman · May 3, 2017 11:32AM

@ricko said:
Yes... 225 years... and, if the Mint is true to their word, it will be the last.... So, I saved a couple that I got from change... I saw the clerk 'pop' the roll.... Cheers, RickO

Has the Mint actually said it will be a 1 year type? If so I am buying more rolls.

Ken

johnny9434 · May 3, 2017 11:37AM

some rolls that would be set aside (even spent for face down the road) wouldnt be a bad idea. just saying

ricko · May 3, 2017 1:07PM

Yes, they did say that..... although I would expect they may do it again at 250 years...Cheers, RickO

REALGATOR · May 3, 2017 1:17PM

So when will we start seeing the "no P" errors?

When the crooks start removing the P.

BuffaloIronTail · May 3, 2017 2:51PM

A 2017 "Plain" cent.....shades of 1922!

Pete

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TurboSnail · May 3, 2017 3:01PM

@CoinsAndMoreCoins said:

@ricko said:
Yes, they did say that..... although I would expect they may do it again at 250 years...Cheers, RickO

One would have thought they would have started that tradition in 1892 or 1992.

I actually read somewhere that the Philadelphia mint will be closing after this year.

Stop producing penny may be.

ricko · May 3, 2017 3:57PM

I do not believe the Philadelphia mint will be closing..... certainly that would be a major announcement. Cheers, RickO

19Lyds · May 3, 2017 4:10PM

I didn't know that this was happening and thought for sure that ambro51 was pulling something!

I guess these will have the same popularity as the "original alloy" cents of the 2009 sets. Hot item then off to never never land in 6 months or so.

ricko · May 4, 2017 6:50AM

No doubt there will be multi-millions of these.... I see no future (within the lifetimes of even grandchildren) value to these, with the possible exception of MS/PR70 CAM, DCAM PCGS slabbed coins...Those may provide a premium.... Cheers, RickO

CyndieChildress · May 4, 2017 7:28AM

@CoinsAndMoreCoins said:

@ricko said:
Yes, they did say that..... although I would expect they may do it again at 250 years...Cheers, RickO

One would have thought they would have started that tradition in 1892 or 1992.

I actually read somewhere that the Philadelphia mint will be closing after this year.

WOW! Hadn't heard that yet. Thanks!

TwoSides2aCoin · May 4, 2017 7:45AM

No P
P
Variety is the spice of life.
I'm sure someone will find something.

johnny9434 · May 4, 2017 11:22AM

@ricko said:
I do not believe the Philadelphia mint will be closing..... certainly that would be a major announcement. Cheers, RickO

"the mint is closing, the mint is closing" chicken little. ahhh never mind. i got to much time on my hands today

DBSTrader2 · May 6, 2017 6:07AM

I sure hope this is a "1-and-done" event. My eyes are bad enough already and truly dislike the minescule P's on the other denominations.......... I found my first and only 2017 "P" cent face-down on the floor near a register at my local supermarket. I then stopped by my local bank & asked if they have any "new" rolls of cents, nickels, dimes, etc, but was told "no, we just have old rolls". But after finishing other business with them, I went back to a teller and asked for a few rolls of each anyway, so I could do some searching for missing dates. And what do you know? They gave me a roll of 2017-P dimes & a total of 4 rolls of 2017-"P" pennies!! Saved 3 of the penny rolls for myself & the boys, and cracked-open the 4th to fill our Whitman folder holes.

So now I have some extra singles of 2017-P pennies & dimes, and would be more than happy to trade with someone who has extra 2017 "D" mints (and/or a few left-over P & D mints from recent years). We still need the following to fill holes in our folders:

ATB $.25:
2017: Effigy Mounds P&D (4 each), Frederick Douglass-D (4)
2016: Shawnee-D (2), Harper's Ferry-D (2), Roosevelt Park-P&D (3 each), Ft. Sumter-D (2)
2011: Olympic-D (1), & Vicksburg-D (1)
2009: Puerto Rico-P (1)

ROOSEVELT $.10: 2017-D (1)

JEFF.$.05: 2016-D (1) 2017-P&D (4 each)

LINCOLN $.01 : 2017-D (1)

Thanks!

BUFFNIXX · May 17, 2017 10:22PM

the p stands for “plain” not Philadelphia, just like the 1922 cent with no mint mark! just makes it a bit more definitive this way. We will now refer to the 2017 cents with a “p” as the 1922 “plain” pennies.

How Strange to see the "P" mint mark on new Lincolns

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