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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2446663, member: 24314&quot;]I must disagree with the post above.&nbsp; As posters wrote, the MMKS on &quot;vintage&quot; coins were applied by hand to each die.&nbsp; The engravers have a general position on the die to place the letter.&nbsp; I have stood next to an engraver&#039;s desk at the Mint on two occasions to see the operation.&nbsp; What I saw on both occasions was this (<span style="color: #00b359">and I don&#039;t know if it was explained and then done this way &quot;for show&quot; just because we were watching <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><span style="color: #000000">):&nbsp; The engraver placed the punch on the die and tapped it very gently - enough to make a tiny mark.&nbsp; Then he removed the punch and checked the position.&nbsp; He was satisfied and re-registered the punch into the divot he had just made and gave the mintmark punch a hit with a small jeweler&#039;s hammer.&nbsp; </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #00b359"><br /></span></p><p>IMO, the coins you have shown are very abnormal as the mintmark is not in an acceptable position.&nbsp; The joke goes it was the last die completed on a Friday before Christmas Eve.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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