1979 notched d mintmark

[wapa]

I was going through some dimes today and came across this mm. It looks to be identical to the notched mm on the 1979 d cent. Did they use the same punch on dimes as they did on cents? It is sort of interesting.

[onecent1909]

very interesting...you might want to check the letter size...
I will have to check and start looking to see if I can find a dime that would match....

[penny man]

I believe they use the same punch for all denominations.

[Rollem]

I believe they use the same punch for all denominations.

Good observation Paul, I think I have read where penny man is correct

James

[Roller]

Good observation Paul, I think I have read where penny man is correct

James

Absolutely correct to my knowledge.

[wapa]

Well I'll Be. That is very interesting. Thanks for the info guys you all are the best. It sure matched it. lol

[simonm]

Intersting, never knew that. Learn something every day.

[jallengomez]

They did not use the same punch for all denominations for a given year.

http://varietyvista.com/Mintmark%20Styles.htm

[wapa]

I guess I am not following that info correctly as I don't see any info on dimes other than "S" mm's. All I am saying is that it looks like the same punch was used on both a cent and dime, and maybe more denominations. Look at the other 79 cents and dimes there are both with the split punch and a solid punch. I would think that the mint would make several punches or more for the series mm's for that year or years that style was in use.

[jallengomez]

I have no idea which mm punch they used for dimes in '79, but a statement was made that "they use the same punch for all denominations" and that is not correct. They might have very well used the same punch on dimes that they did on Cents for 1979, but it's not a given.

[wapa]

You could be correct, but man they sure look the same. lol It would be interesting to see if the same punch phenomena occurs on other 79 denominations.

[jcuve]

In this case that is the same broken punch used on both denominations.

[penny man]

I have no idea which mm punch they used for dimes in '79, but a statement was made that "they use the same punch for all denominations" and that is not correct. They might have very well used the same punch on dimes that they did on Cents for 1979, but it's not a given.

I am absolutely certain that they used the same D MM punch for all denominations from 1968 on. As an example, look at the MM on any D mint eisenhower dollar. It is tiny compared to th rest of the coin. If they used different MM punches for different denominations, they would have used a bigger MM punch. I challenge anyone to find any case from 1968 on where there was a different D MM style used on different denominations.