Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;okbustchaser, post: 3245179, member: 72642&quot;]The mint marks had initially been placed on the obverse, the first time that had been done for a regular issue US half dollar since 1839<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_Liberty_half_dollar#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuthGarrett200595-52" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_Liberty_half_dollar#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuthGarrett200595-52" rel="nofollow">.]</a> On February 14, 1917, Mint Director Von Engelken ordered that the mint mark be moved from the obverse to the reverse, <b>stating that the obverse placement had the appearance of a die defect.</b> At that time, Von Engelken had resigned pending appointment to the post of president of the Federal Land Bank for the Third District; once he left to take that position, he was succeeded by Raymond Baker. In April, Baker was asked for written confirmation of Von Engelken&#039;s order, and after he obliged, the mint mark was duly moved. The majority of the 1917 half dollars struck at Denver (1917-D) and San Francisco (1917-S) bear the mint mark on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think it looks like a die defect.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/bustchaser/1917obvSo_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/bustchaser/1917obvSr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in