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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kvasir, post: 74055, member: 4139&quot;]No, the P,D,S mintmarks only appears on US coins, as they refer to the mint in which those are produced. P for Philidelphia, D for Denver and S for San Francisco.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditionally, Canadian coins contain no mint mark and other than in the early days of confederation and pre confederation some coins were minted in England and some in Ottawa were they included mintmarks. Today (since 1967 or so) all circulation coins are minted in Winnipeg so there&#039;s no need for mint marks. Prior to the opening of the Winnipeg mint the coins were minted solely in Ottawa, so again, no need for mint mark. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll have to double check with my reference, but in a certain years some uncirculated sets were minted in both the Ottawa and Winnipeg mints, thus some contain the O and some contains W mint marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The P you see on some recent coins (since 2000 or so) is a privy mark denoting the steel plated composition in some of these coins. In some of those years both the steel plated variety and the nickel or copper varieties exist. For example in 2003, FOUR varieties of the penny exist. P and No P; one with the crowned effigy and the new one uncrowned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Theoretically you can have a coin with two different letter marks, WP for example. But you only see those in collector sets. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll have other info once i get my hand on my reference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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