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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dsmith23, post: 1457440, member: 30565&quot;]found this, not sure how truthful it is though</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason Philadelphia cents don&#039;t have a mint mark even though all&nbsp; other coins carry a P is that demand is sometimes so high that the mints&nbsp; at West Point and/or San Francisco make extra pennies. They make a lot&nbsp; fewer coins than <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_the_mint_mark_on_a_US_penny#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_the_mint_mark_on_a_US_penny#" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: darkgreen">Philadelphia</span></a>&nbsp; and Denver so if there were W or S pennies they&#039;d be &quot;instant&nbsp; rarities&quot;. To prevent that from happening the Mint decided that only&nbsp; Denver cents would carry mint marks even though all other denominations&nbsp; started using the P mark in 1980. <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Read more: <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_the_mint_mark_on_a_US_penny#ixzz1wxDo6cbR" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_the_mint_mark_on_a_US_penny#ixzz1wxDo6cbR" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_the_mint_mark_on_a_US_penny#ixzz1wxDo6cbR</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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