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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdb1950, post: 37590, member: 1735&quot;]Yup.&nbsp; These mint marks were punched by hand into the dies and the placement is not always exactly in the same spot.&nbsp; This has produced some very collectable errors in the past, most notably the repunched mintmark, where a second punch was not aligned with the first punch and the mint mark letter is actually doubled.&nbsp; Some were even punched sideways, some were first one letter, then overpunched with another.&nbsp; Placement of the mint mark is considered normal as long as it doesn&#039;t touch any of the other lettering or devices.&nbsp; A lot of the old silver war nickels (1942 - 1945) show doubling of the mint marks.&nbsp; I think this procedure was changed around 1982, when the mintmarks were placed on the hubs that make the dies.&nbsp; Attached is a mintmark from a 1955S Dime where the mint mark is very close to the fasces.&nbsp; Another shows a repunched mint mark on a 1960 D cent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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