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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2903724, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/authoricons/wheelchair.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Insider Posts: <b>3,184</b> ✭✭✭✭✭&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/989772/please-post-your-coins-with-man-made-dots" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/989772/please-post-your-coins-with-man-made-dots" rel="nofollow">November 10, 2017 11:26AM</a> in <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/categories/u-s-coin-forum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/categories/u-s-coin-forum" rel="nofollow">U.S. Coin Forum</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are many coins with &quot;Mint-made&quot; dots. I believe that in many cases they were used to mark the dies. It would be interesting if a researcher can uncover the reason for a few of these instances as I do below. Folks collect these coins; yet many are not listed. I&#039;ve seen man-made dots on many denominations including Morgan&#039;s, Half Dimes, and nickels Dots on Morgan dollars are popular varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, in order to qualify as a &quot;man-made&quot; dot (into the die) it has to be uniform and round under magnification. Sorta-round mint chips are not &quot;Dots.&quot; This is a chance to bring more of these interesting coins into the light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an interesting variety that was published decades ago. A tiny &quot;dot&quot; was placed on a former &quot;Star&quot; die after the star was removed from the die and used to strike 1922 Grant &quot;no star&quot; coins! I own the &quot;discovery&quot; coin. I call it the &quot;2 Dot 2&quot; variety. <img src="https://forums.collectors.com/resources/emoji/wink.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>When you find one of these commemorative varieties, if you tip it in the light, you will see a partial &quot;shadow depression&quot; of the star!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/yj/byp6atpcmbja.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/yj/byp6atpcmbja.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/yj/byp6atpcmbja.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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