If you have a U.S coin, M is probably the monogram of the designer. I can think of at least 2 such coins, the Morgan dollar designed by (drum roll, please) Morgan, and the standing liberty quarter designed by MacNeil.
The M is not a mint mark but on every coin and is on the right side. The mint mark is to the left od the date slightly above.
The M causes a lot of confusion. It's not a mint mark, it's the monogram of the coin's designer Hermon A MacNeil (and yes, he did spell his first name with an 'o') The mint mark position is roughly symmetric on the pedestal on the other side of Miss Liberty: No mint mark = Philadelphia D = Denver S = San Francisco
No mint mark indicates that the coin was minted in Philadelphia.
made in the Philadelphia Mint
Please check your coin again. No US quarters were minted in 1922.Also "M" is the designer's initial and not a mint mark. The mint mark position on Standing Liberty quarters is on the other pedestal:No mint mark = PhiladelphiaD = DenverS = San Francisco
The M is not a mint mark but on every coin and is on the right side. The mint mark is to the left od the date slightly above.
It is the mint mark signifying that the coin was produced at the Mexico City mint.
The M causes a lot of confusion. It's not a mint mark, it's the monogram of the coin's designer Hermon A MacNeil (and yes, he did spell his first name with an 'o') The mint mark position is roughly symmetric on the pedestal on the other side of Miss Liberty: No mint mark = Philadelphia D = Denver S = San Francisco
No mint mark indicates that the coin was minted in Philadelphia.
made in the Philadelphia Mint
US Coins with no mint mark were minted at the US Mint's main facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Please check your coin again. No US quarters were minted in 1922.Also "M" is the designer's initial and not a mint mark. The mint mark position on Standing Liberty quarters is on the other pedestal:No mint mark = PhiladelphiaD = DenverS = San Francisco
The lack of a mint mark usually indicates that the coin was minted in Philadelphia.
Sorry that was suppose to say a mint mark of an "A" on the PFENNIG.
The letter is known as the mint-mark and tells where the coin was made. A coin having a P mint-mark (or no mint-mark on some coins) was made in Philadelphia, a coin having an S Mint-mark was minted in San Fransisco, a coin with a D mint-mark was minted in Denver.
By 1925, Liberty nickels hadn't been minted for 12 years, and M isn't a mint mark.
You're looking at the designer's monogram - an M for H. MacNeil.The mint mark position is on the left-hand pedestal, above and to the right of the date. See the Related Question for more details.