Look at the coin again. The first coin struck at the Denver Mint was in 1906 What you have is a Mint medallion that was included in coin sets for many years. They were struck on cent blanks. The date is the year that the Treasury Department was established.
It's not a penny. Remember, there was no Colorado no Denver and no such mint in that year. Denver was founded in 1858. What you have is a mint token struck on a penny-sized blank. These are included in the uncirculated coin sets issued each year, one for Denver and one for Philadelphia. 1789 is the year that the Treasury Department was established, not the date the token was made. Sometimes people break up the sets and the tokens slip into circulation because they look like pennies. However, they aren't collectible because they don't have a mintage year on them and they all look alike.
The letter "D" found beneath the date of the penny indicates the coin was minted in Denver, Colorado.
$1. It's an ordinary Presidential dollar, minted in 2007. The dates 1789-1797 are the years Washington served as President.
The P or D denote where the coin was made. P=Philadelphia Pennsylvania, D=Denver Colorado. If by "gold coin" you're referring to the Sacajawea dollar, it's brass, not gold - just golden colored.
A Denver mint coin is a coin that was produced at the United States Mint facility located in Denver, Colorado. Coins minted at this location typically have a "D" mintmark to indicate their origin.
Certainly priceless since there was no Denver until 1858 and no US Mint in Denver until 1879. It had to be left by a space traveler from another dimension. (Or perhaps it was recently struck as a novelty item and has no value.)
The little "D" on the coin means it came from the Denver Mint. The Denver Mint is in Colorado.
the coin was minted in Denver, Colorado
No the "D" stands for Denver Colorado that's were the coin was struck
Look at the coin again. The first coin struck at the Denver Mint was in 1906 What you have is a Mint medallion that was included in coin sets for many years. They were struck on cent blanks. The date is the year that the Treasury Department was established.
It's not a penny. Remember, there was no Colorado no Denver and no such mint in that year. Denver was founded in 1858. What you have is a mint token struck on a penny-sized blank. These are included in the uncirculated coin sets issued each year, one for Denver and one for Philadelphia. 1789 is the year that the Treasury Department was established, not the date the token was made. Sometimes people break up the sets and the tokens slip into circulation because they look like pennies. However, they aren't collectible because they don't have a mintage year on them and they all look alike.
It's not a coin it's a mint medal. Its out of a souvenir set from the Denver mint. The sets are only sold at the gift shoppes at the Denver & Philadelphia mints.
The D mint mark stands for the Denver Mint in Colorado were the coin was made.
There were no coin sets made in 1789.
No. It identifies which mint made the coin. D is for Denver.
It's not a penny. Remember, there was no Colorado no Denver and no such mint in that year. Denver was founded in 1858. What you have is a mint token struck on a penny-sized blank. These are included in the uncirculated coin sets issued each year, one for Denver and one for Philadelphia. 1789 is the year that the Treasury Department was established, not the date the token was made. Sometimes people break up the sets and the tokens slip into circulation because they look like pennies. However, they aren't collectible because they don't have a mintage year on them and they all look alike.