Friday, November 18, 2011

How and where would you find what mint made a coin?

I found an old coin and would like to find out which mint made it.

How and where would you find what mint made a coin?
if it's an american coin, on the front by the year it will have a "P" or "D" Minted (Philadelphia and Denver)
Reply:I can give you the mint marks for U.S. coins but is a world coin I need to know what country it is from. Older coins with out a mint mark, as well as cents were struck at the Philadelphia mint, modern coins have a P. D is for Denver and on gold coins from 1838-1861 the D stood for Dahlonega, Ga. S is for San Francisco. O is for New Orleans. CC for Carson City,Nevada. C is on gold coins from 1838-1861 and stood for the Charlotte N.C. mint. The newest mint mark is W for the West Point Mint. We had one overseas mint and it was in Manila, Philippine Islands from 1925-1941, it used an M.
Reply:D means Denver
Reply:www. Uscurrency.gov


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