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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1717267, member: 15929&quot;]Can we be Certain?</p><p>I think so since the only instance, with the exception of the NO S MM Proofs, of where a branch mint produced a &quot;No Mintmark&quot; business strike coin was the 1922-D. Of course this was due to die abrasion and the general condition of the coin backs that up.</p><p><br /></p><p>For 1971 though? I think not since the 1971 Lincoln had quite a few DDO coin (11 across all mints) and I expect that the coins were examined with some regularity. To even &quot;entertain&quot; the thought that the San Francisco mint produced coins with out mintmarks in 1971 is modern thinking on a retro coin. These were in fact &quot;pick up the slack&quot; coins to address the coin shortages of the late 60&#039;s and early 70&#039;s but the mintmark was required and there is no evidence to even support the possibility of a No S Mintmark 1971 Lincoln. Especially in relationship to packaging errors on US Mint Sets which is what the subject matter of the post.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, for kicks and grins, lets say that the San Francisco mint, which received all its dies from Philadelphia with mintmarks already added, did happen to get one where the die shop simply forgot to add the MM. Back in 1971, since coins were being produced at all three mints, it would have been no biggie since TPG&#039;s hadn&#039;t been invented yet to promote the (S) or (W) Slab labels and quite frankly, folks just didn&#039;t care because distinguishing a No S business strike from a regular old Philly coin would have been impossible.</p><p><br /></p><p>None the less, lets play a little. </p><p><br /></p><p>Lookie what I found!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]265378.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A 1969 US Mint Set with a philly coin that has an S Mint Mark! Woo Hoo!</p><p><br /></p><p>On a serious note, ask and you shall receive:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]265380.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]265381.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But, back to the OP. His mint sets are simply packaging errors as is mine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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