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<p>[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2005012, member: 15929"]I would expect that a mint mark was not included because the West Point Facility was never considered a mint or a Branch Mint. It was originally a Silver Bullion Repository.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, during the mentioned years, over flow coinage was in fact produced but it was produced as a "subset" to the Philadelphia Production. Much the same as the Silver Eagle over flow which also, does not have a mint mark even though its produced at a facility which "traditionally" puts mint marks on their products.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the US Mint Web Page:</p><p><br /></p><p>"The red letter date for West Point was March 31, 1988, when it gained official status as a United States Mint."</p><p><br /></p><p>A Mint Mark is provided for West Point Production today but ONLY for Collector Coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2005012, member: 15929"]I would expect that a mint mark was not included because the West Point Facility was never considered a mint or a Branch Mint. It was originally a Silver Bullion Repository. However, during the mentioned years, over flow coinage was in fact produced but it was produced as a "subset" to the Philadelphia Production. Much the same as the Silver Eagle over flow which also, does not have a mint mark even though its produced at a facility which "traditionally" puts mint marks on their products. From the US Mint Web Page: "The red letter date for West Point was March 31, 1988, when it gained official status as a United States Mint." A Mint Mark is provided for West Point Production today but ONLY for Collector Coins.[/QUOTE]
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