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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1567512, member: 39&quot;]Mint marks have been around since ... uh, ancient times. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koppa_(letter)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koppa_(letter)" rel="nofollow">Here</a> and <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monnaie_grecque_antique#En_Gr.C3.A8ce_continentale_et_en_.C3.89g.C3.A9e" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monnaie_grecque_antique#En_Gr.C3.A8ce_continentale_et_en_.C3.89g.C3.A9e" rel="nofollow">here</a> for example are Corinthian coins with a Q-like character that could be considered a mint mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course a mint mark does not have to be a character; sometimes you can see a cross, a circle, etc. instead. On early modern coins you will often see the initials of the mintmaster; some countries still use mintmaster initials or symbols today. In Prussia the system of different characters representing different mints was introduced in 1750, and replaced the mintmaster symbols.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today mint marks do not really make much sense. Certainly not in countries that have one mint; but I think they do it for reasons of tradition. Countries with more than one mint (e.g. US, India, Germany) will often continue to use mint marks for &quot;quality control&quot; reasons ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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