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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1140802, member: 24633&quot;]Well, there were six different styles of the &quot;S&quot; mintmark used for the Morgan dollars. It looks like it is the Type III which was used for 1878 &amp; 1879. However, it looks as though there might be an underlying mintmark, but it is definitely not any of the six styles, and it appears to be a lot smaller. This is just a guess, but it could be an over-punched mintmark (OPM). You see, in those days, the dies were shipped from the Philadelphia Mint without the mintmark, and it was up to the branch mints to add it to the dies. Since San Francisco was also producing other denominations, it&#039;s possible that the diesinker picked up the wrong mintmark punch, one for say, a half dollar or quarter dollar. When he realized his mistake, he simply repunched it with the correct one. Like I said, I&#039;m just guessing, and it would have to be examined much more closely under a microscope to be sure.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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