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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 05-12-2008, 03:15 PM   #1 (permalink) Magman U.S. Money Collector     Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,019 My Mood: 1970's Nickels... small mint mark I noticed that on my 1971 and 1972 nickels that I was going through, the mint mark is small compared to say. 1985. Why is this?   05-12-2008, 03:17 PM   #2 (permalink) Speedy Researching Coins     Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,594 My Mood: Up till the early 1990s the mintmarks were punched onto the dies by hand. The punch that they used might have changed from year to year.... Speedy __________________ Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all the money in the world and still have some left over WINS - ANA - CONECA -   05-12-2008, 04:32 PM   #3 (permalink) gatzdon Numismatist   Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,017 If I'm not mistaken, in the 70's, it was even the same punches that they used to punch by hand on everything from the Dime up to the Eisenhower, hence the mintmark was small enough to fit on the dime.   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Nice surprise | 1943 nickel » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post 1911 D Barber Dime double die or overstrike mint mark? Mike Willner US Coins Forum 32 07-11-2008 12:01 PM Questions on Jefferson Nickels Coins and a few sets from the mint... smullen US Coins Forum 7 04-21-2008 01:13 PM trivia - mint marks Clinker Coin Chat 7 11-23-2006 02:56 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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