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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4759085, member: 66&quot;]It happened occasionally.&nbsp; In fact the 1870 gold dollar dies originally sent to San Francisco also lacked the mintmark. And I believe it was the gold dollars that had 2,000 pieces struck with no mintmark before it was noticed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is my understanding as well.&nbsp; Documentation exists that does show that a full set of all denominations was struck for inclusion in the cornerstone.&nbsp; All of the coins show official mintage records for circulation except the half dime, quarter, silver dollar, and three dollar gold, so apparently they were only struck for inclusion in the cornerstone.&nbsp; But nine 70 S silver dollars are known, why so many?&nbsp; I suspect several of each coin were struck so the best of each could be selected for the cornerstone. (Same reason I believe for striking 8 1804 dollars when only 4 diplomatic sets were made.&nbsp; And originally it was just going to be two sets.&nbsp; The decision for the other two came a little later.)&nbsp; If so that could explain the extra 3 dollar and the half dime, they were pieces not selected.&nbsp; Which always brings up the question &quot;Is there a 70 S quarter out there somewhere?&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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