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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1515546, member: 66&quot;]The 1922 &quot;P&quot; cent was made using a obv die that was at the end of its operational life and the die itself was very heavily worn..&nbsp; the die originally did have the D mintmark on it but after all that wear, combined with a final polishing, the D was completely removed from the die.&nbsp; Like Kirkuleez said even brand new falling from the dies the 22 &quot;P&quot; probably looked no better than an XF.&nbsp; then combine that with the fact that at the time collectors in general did not collect by date and mint.&nbsp; Most of them just collected one for each year.&nbsp; Date and mint collecting didn&#039;t really take off as the norm until the introduction of the coin boards in the 1930&#039;s.&nbsp; So the 22 &quot;P&quot; had a chance to do a fair amount of circulating before that time.&nbsp; Then add in the final factor, promotion.&nbsp; If not for the advertizing and hype how many people would actually be collecting them?&nbsp; How many people do you hear about getting excited over 1968, 69 and 70 &quot;P&quot; nickels?&nbsp; Philadelphia didn&#039;t make any nickels those years, but coins without mintmarks exist.&nbsp; Probably caused by grease and die polish, but they do exist.&nbsp; When was the last time you heard about them?&nbsp; When it comes to errors promotion and hype is a big factor in value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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