WEEK #470 HEY HEY IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....

[LISA B]

QUESTION:

 

[font:Comic Sans MS][font:Century Gothic]On a 1969-S doubled-die-obverse cent, why is the mintmark not doubled? [/font][/font]

 

Our first place winner will receive a copy of The Official Red Book, A Guide Book of Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars.

 

There will also be a runner up prize given to a randomly selected player with the correct answer.

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details.

 

[bsshog40]

the die doubling occurred before the mintmark was punched into the die

[jamorse99-migration]

Because the mintmark was added after the doubling. The mintmark was punched into the die afterward for these coins.

[RGT]

Mintmarks were added to the die after they were hubbed. The doubling occured during hubbing.

[mtnstyne]

Mint marks were punched in the dies separately in 1969, after the doubled die itself had already been made

[tomyhok]

the doubling occurred before the mint mark was punched into the die.

[Amarillo]

The mint-mark was application via a punch tooling.

[physics-fan3.14]

The mintmark was punched individually, separate from the hubbing of the die.

[Ducksoup]

The Mintmark was punched into the die separately.

[Schatzy]

A true 1969-S Doubled Die Obverse cent will not have doubling on the mintmark as the mintmark was punched into the die separately

[dan8402]

Because the mintmark was punched onto the die separately.

[walt666-migration]

The mint mark was hand punched into the doubled hub.

Walt

[mrkim-migration]

They were sent to other places to be minted? So there is no mint mark?

 

Michael

[MercuryMan]

The mint mark is punched later into the master hub that already has the doubling.

[Elbesaar]

 

The S Mint Mark was punched into the

working die - and not the master die.

 

It was the master die that was doubled.

[DC Dawg]

Mint marked was punched in the die after it was made. One tap, one S.

[HiHoAudio]

Because the die doubling occurred before the mintmark was punched into the die.

[nunfa0]

The mintmark was applied to each die by hand after the design was pressed into the die - often weeks later. Doubled dies are created in the die making process, so it would be all design elements except the mintmark that would be doubled.

 

 

[jtryka]

I will guess because it was added later to the die.

[mhardin2413]

the mintmark was applied after teh hub strike

[dishfan]

They were struck over another mint mark.

[Ducksoup]

Hope I win, the prize looks very useful to me as the Kennedy and Franklin half dollars are what I'm working on! GL everyone

[LISA B]

Question:

 

On a 1969-S doubled-die-obverse cent, why is the mintmark not doubled?

 

Answer: It was applied after the die was made.

 

Our first place winner Bsshog40 will receive a copy of The Official Red Book, A Guide Book of Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars

 

Our second place winner, nunfa0 has won a display box.

 

Thank you for playing and please stop by this Friday for the PMG Numisma-Quest question!