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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 502809, member: 15062&quot;]We all know what coinage dies look like <img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/images/coin-die.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> but what do (did) the dies used for dates and mint marks look like?</p><p><br /></p><p>Are they simply 1/4&quot; or 3/16&quot; square tool steel bars with the letter/number carved in the end?&nbsp; Were they commercially made and purchased by the mint or were they made in-house?&nbsp; Were they made only as needed or are there drawers full of them, ready to be put into use at a moment&#039;s notice?&nbsp; For the dates, were they all single digit dies or were some of them carved on a wide bar or were two or more clamped together to be used as a unit?</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures of coin dies are common but I&#039;ve never seen a photo of a date or mint mark die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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