Was the mintmark punch used on the 1916-D dime the same as that on the 1917-D (obv) half-dollar?
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As far as I know, that's the punch that was used into 1934 for everything
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"S" punches were changed out in 1917. I though "D" was too.
I wonder if, structurally, the solid ring of a D is more durable than the curved snake of an S. Never thought about it before. The Mint did go through a lot of S mint mark punches in the 19th century.
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Found this in the "Complete Guide to Merc Dimes"
Both 1917-D obv and rev do appear to be of the 1916-17 style MM on the Merc.
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Are the 1917-D obverse halves known for weaker mintmarks? I have a 1917 I pulled from a roll and thought it had a faint D mintmark, but looking at it more closely (and comparing with the mintmarks here), I'm starting to think it's not. It's in the right place, but you really have to angle the coin to see it and it looks like it might be more of a lump than a mintmark.
Even has a slight tilt to the right as seen on the 1916-D Mercury dime.
Super information. I did not realize that the 1917-D dime has two different punches for the mintmark.
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