What Are Die Varieties?



 

Mintmark Varieties


 

First Edition

May 2011

by James Wiles, Ph.D.

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Introduction

Design Changes

Mintmark Styles

Doubled Dies

Mintmark Varieties

MPDs and RPDs

Die Errors

About CONECA

About Author

 

P

rior to 1985, all mintmarks were placed on individual dies by hand.  Several different types of varieties resulted from this manual work, the most widely collected being the repunched mintmark or RPM.

 

Introductory Materials

The CONECA Master Listing of U.S. Die Varieties contains an up-to-date listing of known RPMs.  You can see it at www.varietyvista.com.

 

Repunched Mintmark (RPM)

 

Over Mintmark (OMM)

 

Mintmark Omission (MMO)

 

Inverted Mintmark (IMM)

 

Misplaced Mintmark Position (MMP)

 

Doubled Mintmark Punch

 

Damaged Mintmark Punch

 

Hub Doubled Mintmark

Since 1985 for proofs and 1990 for circulation strike coinage the mintmark has been part of the master die.  Thus when a doubled die occurs in the area where the mintmark is located, it too can be affected.  Such doubled mintmarks have not been cataloged separately, but rather are part of the doubled die system.

 

 

 

Since mintmarks were placed on the dies by hand their position varies from die to die.  Thus the position of the mintmark is often used to help attribute die varieties. 

 

 

 

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