What do the Ds Ps and Square dots mean under the dates on coins?

[shelbybell]

What do the D's P's and Square dots mean under the dates on coins?

 

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[FingerGrime]

Re: What do the D's P's and Square dots mean under the dates on coins?

D and P are mintmarks
D=Denver
P=Philadelphia

square dots?

 

[shelbybell]

Re: What do the D's P's and Square dots mean under the dates on coins?

ya like this, i hav a few

 

[coinmojo]

Re: What do the D's P's and Square dots mean under the dates on coins?

Square?

You may be seeing a filled "D" Denver mint mark or possibly a fat "S" for San Francisco

 

[FingerGrime]

Re: What do the D's P's and Square dots mean under the dates on coins?

Yeah, that is just a D mintmark. The die that is used to strike the coin chipped, so that metal flowed inside of the D.
Not too uncommon...

 

[shelbybell]

Re: What do the D's P's and Square dots mean under the dates on coins?

k thanks

 

[enamel7]

Re: What do the D's P's and Square dots mean under the dates on coins?

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