Error Other | is this posible date over a mintmark?

[rickybailey50]

dodnt laugh but what is this under the 4 in date

[simonm]

It looks like a little bit of displaced metal or some sort of damage. Clearer pics would help, though.

[rickybailey50]

well it sounded kinda strange but wasnt shore what to call it is this possable? on the wheatscent i cant recall readin about anthink like that but there are new discovery every day havent been up on the cents new verites much this year read a lot of you threads on the 64 you post great pices

[LincolnLawyer]

Can you put up a couple of clear shots?

[rickybailey50]

yes give me a couple mints see what i can do

[seal006]

The mint marks were placed on the working dies. The working dies already had the date on them from the master dies. I do not see how it would even be possible to have a date over the mint mark.

[rickybailey50]

THANK YOU that was what i thought this is a meatle shaving or somthing because i took a cataus needle to remove a pice of crud by the 4 and the lower pice came off the inside one is solaid pretty sure not a mm the pic i took looked like the others .should have poked it with a stick befor i posted i will next time thanks guys and everone

[rickybailey50]

i hahe posted a lot of pics of driferant vams at vamworld and they use them for their vams that arenr very good BUT THESE CENTS ARE REALLY HARD TO GET A GOOD PIC OF FOR SOME REASON GOT TO WORK ON THAT

[flyhi3]

There were coins, such as the 1959 D&D punched into the date, so I don't see why it couldn't be. But, I doubt that it is.

[seal006]

There were coins, such as the 1959 D&D punched into the date, so I don't see why it couldn't be. But, I doubt that it is.

Alex, a good number of experts disagree with that 1959-D. Please explain how it could happen. If the D was already on the planchet, it would have been obliterated once the coin was struck with the obverse die, as the field around the date would have been the highest point on that die.

[flyhi3]

Thanks for the info Sean, didn't realize that... True, but they punch the mintmark in.. perhaps it was done "accidently on purpose" and the mintmark was punched in extra hard (on the 1959) but I know it is unlikely, and I doubt that was the case. I can see why the experts disagree with it, and I am pretty neutral.

[mustbebob]

From the very beginning, I was going to just pass by this post, but the fact that it took two pages of replies made me change my mind.
Do we really need to stretch for possible explanations on some of these? There is basically no way a date could be punched over a mint mark. If you don't understand the minting process, you need to read up on it before you even suggest some of these outlandish possibilities. I have been seeing more and more of this type of guessing going on in the forum. Please folks...before you post possible finds here, at least do some research and ask yourself if it is even possible that some of these things could happen.

I am not discouraging asking the question, but even newbies should be educating themselves...especially on the process of making coins.

[rickybailey50]

mustbebob im sorry about the wording in the post but i didnt seem to find the right word forwhat i wantto ask adout the date as soon as i posted and looked at it i relized it didnt come out right

[seal006]

From the very beginning, I was going to just pass by this post, but the fact that it took two pages of replies made me change my mind.
Do we really need to stretch for possible explanations on some of these? There is basically no way a date could be punched over a mint mark. If you don't understand the minting process, you need to read up on it before you even suggest some of these outlandish possibilities. I have been seeing more and more of this type of guessing going on in the forum. Please folks...before you post possible finds here, at least do some research and ask yourself if it is even possible that some of these things could happen.

I am not discouraging asking the question, but even newbies should be educating themselves...especially on the process of making coins.

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