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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 711697, member: 66&quot;]They do.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are and they do.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Are they?&nbsp; there is no absolute convention as to what constitutes the obverse and reverse of a coin.&nbsp; Many coins have the date on what is considered to be the obverse, but many have it on what is considered to be the reverse.&nbsp; Here in the US it is USUALLY on what we consider to be the obverse but look at the state quarters&nbsp; Which is the obverse?&nbsp; The side with Washington&#039;s bust or the side with the date?&nbsp; Other US coins with the date on the reverse would be the gold dollars, the three dollar gold piece, Columbian exposition half, Maine Centennial, Pilgrim Tercentennial, Huguenot, Lexington-Concord,Sesqucentennial half, Vermont half, Botanic garden dollar, and there are others.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On that you have me.&nbsp; As far as I know there is no law that says who decides.&nbsp; I&#039;m not even sure if the mintmark is legally required to appear at all.&nbsp; The coinage act of 1965 forbid them, and the act in 1967 that restored them allowed them to appear but did not make them manditory.&nbsp; The law that moved the date and mottos to the edge of the dollar coins required the date and mottos to be moved to the edge but never said one word about the mintmark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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