2010 Shield Pennies

I just got my P&D MS67 set graded by Anacs in the mail today. They are first day of issue coins.

The Denver coin had a D on it on the Lincoln side but the Philadelphia coin did not have a P on the Lincoln side.

Is this a mistake or is this common?

Thanks.

 

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I am not an expert but i do belive that cents minted in the Philly mint do not have a mintmark

 

CMAN's got it right.

 

Thanks guys... I'm still learning.

 

thats what we are all about, share and learn together....

 

Its no problem at all. We all have to start somewhere. This is a good place to learn.

 

And this would indeed be a great thread to ask.....when did the "P" mint mark first appear on a US coin?

 

Well, P mint marks were put on war nickels from '42 to '45 then discontinued untill 1980 when all coins minted at philly had the p mint mark except the cent. Im pretty sure the p was not used before that

 

Cman, I do believe you are correct...:smile

 

Don't forget the 1979 P SBA's. And there were some non-US coins minted in Phiadelphia that had P mintmarks before the war nickels if I remember correctly.

 

P marks appeared on bills the first time somebody P'd.

 

The original question was just US coins. But yes, the 1979 SBA's did in fact have a P mint mark on them. Thank you for correcting me :bow:

 

No correction required.....the question was when did a "P" mint mark first appear on a US coin.

 

You are correct green18. U did ask when the P mint mark "first" appeared on US coins, but further along in my answer I stated that the P mint mark did not appear back on US coins untill 1980 when actually it appeared on the 1979 SBA dollar. That is where I needed to be corrected.

 

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