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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 25935718, member: 104064&quot;]My thoughts are that you should stop saying &quot;no mint mark.&quot; Like, <i>right now</i>. Never say &quot;no mint mark&quot; ever again. Philadelphia cents have never, ever had a mint mark except for 2017 to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the Philadelphia mint. Somewhere, somebody started this nonsense by posting something about one of the &quot;no S&quot; proof coins being valuable as having &quot;no mint mark&quot;, and now this &quot;no mint mark&quot; garbage is everywhere. Saying it is utterly meaningless. Other than the war nickels, no coin from Philly ever had a mint mark until the 1979 SBA dollars. In 1980, P started appearing on the other denominations except the cent. From that point forward, you could say you have a 2012-P quarter, to distinguish it from a 2012-D quarter. Prior to 1980, you just say that you have a 1979 quarter. Look at this price guide here <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/washington-quarter/112/most-active/ms?pn=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/washington-quarter/112/most-active/ms?pn=2" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/washington-quarter/112/most-active/ms?pn=2</a>. Note that none of the listings prior to 1980 say &quot;no mint mark.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope I don&#039;t sound too snobby or irritated, but this is one of my pet peeves, because this whole &quot;no mint mark&quot; garbage originates from garbage information on social media, and now everybody says it like it imparts some special value to a coin. Even ebay now apparently auto-fills listing titles with &quot;no mint mark&quot; and it drives me nuts. It&#039;s stupid. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let me know if you want me to rant about anything else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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