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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Markus1959, post: 2051258, member: 73174&quot;]A die maker would take a thin steel rod (punch) that had the mint mark engraved on one end and hold it in place on the working die where the mint mark was to be applied.&nbsp; Using a mallet he tapped an impression of the mint mark into the die.&nbsp; In most cases it was necessary to strike the punch more than once with the mallet in order to leave a satisfactory impression of the mint mark in the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there was any kind of movement of the mint mark punch in between the taps of the mallet, the die would end up with a doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled mint mark.&nbsp; Usually, the multiple mint mark impressions would be overlapping images, but in some extreme cases the mint mark impressions would be totally separated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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