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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 687877, member: 4350&quot;]The coins mentioned have been nicknamed as Phantom D and Phantom S mint marked coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed there were some dies that had the mint marks abraded off.&nbsp; They are barely discernible from the normal dies with no mint marks.&nbsp; They are extremely difficult to photograph sinxce the mint marks are essentially gone.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What appears is a slight depression where a mint mark would be.&nbsp; There are several types where on some, the depression resembles a D or an S slightly more than a simple depression under the date.&nbsp; 1997 and some from 1998 are the ones most often encountered.&nbsp; The coins need to be close to or uncirculated to pick up on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a bunch of them here and I&#039;ll do my best to get a few shots where you can actually see something.&nbsp; They are not called &quot;Phantom mint marks&quot; for nothing<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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