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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jonny oneal, post: 2418837, member: 70367&quot;]please explain your facile reply that the missing mint marks are die fill errors. i have a 1909S VDB wheat penny that is missing the &quot;L&quot; in liberty. the surface of the coin, when examined under high powered tools, shows no evidence whatsoever that the L was ever minted onto the penny. this error is listed in Frank Spadone&#039;s book called Major Variety-Oddity Guide of United States Coins, published in MCMLXXI, 5TH Ed., i believe (I believe I have read somewhere that he first published this great, informative book, that every numismatist should have, around 1950). it seems to me a filled die error would leave evidence on the coin. you are not referring to the error of polished a die to the point that a detail on the obverse or reverse disappears? Actually Spadone defines &quot;filled dies&quot; as a blank or missing part of date, lettering, et al., caused by metal filing that clog the incused area so that wen the dies strikes the bank it leaves a missing &quot;portion.&quot; He also states an &quot;excessively polished die will produce the same results of a filled die.&quot; He, however, attributes increased value to my 1909S VDB penny as well as other coins missing mintmarks, dates, or legs like the 1939 and 1929 buffalo nickels. He valued the 1909S VDB at $131.00 in &quot;fine&quot; condition and $220.00 if missing the &quot;L;&quot; the 1937D three-leggged buffalo listed at $0.45 in good condition; if missing the leg because &quot;fill die&quot; existed, its value was $60.00. Prices were those when this edition was published, of course, but he observed the increase in value for the coin &quot;afflicted&quot; by filled die processing. thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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