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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1535734, member: 15929&quot;]At that time, mintmarks were hand punched into the dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>As such, each die could have different sizes of MM&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at it this way, if that mintmark punch is lightly struck, it will not sink deeply into the die. The net result will be a whimpy, skinney mintmark.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the mintmark punch is struck with more force, it will sink further into the die producing a strong mintmark which, when compared to a weakly struck MM, will &quot;appear&quot; larger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh gosh, what the heck am I talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stick your finger into a frosted cake 1/4 of an inch. When you pull it out, there&#039;s a hole.</p><p>Jam your finger into the same cake all the way up to the knuckle. When you pull it out you&#039;ll have a cave! (And a mess and a whole bunch of explaining to do!)</p><p>Same finger but different sized holes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same is true with mintmark punches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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