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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coop, post: 997819, member: 17656&quot;]1989 was the last year the mint marks were hand punched. Starting with 1990 they are part of the die. If the mint marks are doubled after that time it could be machine doubling or a doubled die. There are a few great examples of this.</p><p><a href="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/1995D-1DO-003_joe_ebay.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/1995D-1DO-003_joe_ebay.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/1995D-1DO-003_joe_ebay.jpg</a></p><p>On the pre 1989 coins, if the date and mint mark on the cents are doubled in the same direction, then 99% of the time it is just machine doubling. Then hand punching of the mint mark gives a variety of locations so the mint mark location can be used to identify varieties. (IE: RPMs, doubled dies) There is no such thing as a mint mark miss alignment. They happen where they are punched.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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