It was either made before the second mint (denver) was established , or it is a fake.
Coins dated 1970 were minted at three mints. Coins bearing no mintmark were minted in Philadelphia. Those with an "S" Mintmark were made in San Fransisco. Those with a "D" mintmark were made in Denver.
British Edward VII (1902-1910) Sovereigns and Half-Sovereigns were minted at the Royal Mint London, Ottawa, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney Mints. The coins minted in London have no mintmark. The Sovereign and Half-Sovereign coins minted elsewhere have a mintmark "on the ground" below the horse and above the date. The coins minted in Ottawa have a mintmark "C". The coins minted in Melbourne have a mintmark "M". The coins minted in Perth have a mintmark "P". The coins minted in Sydney have a mintmark "S". The letters BP to the right of the date is the designers initials (Benedetto Pistrucci) who designed the St George and the Dragon scene.
A mintmark (coins produced at the Philadelphia mint have no mintmark) is above the bell on the reverse of the coin.
Actually the opposite. Morgan Silver Dollars, dated from 1878 through 1904, plus in 1921, were minted in Philadelphia (with no mintmark), Denver (mintmark = D), San Francisco (mintmark = S), Carson City(mintmark = CC), and New Orleans (mintmark = O).It was determined that only coins made by the branch mint locations need to have a mintmark, for identification purposes. The first coins struck at the Philadelphia Mint which had the "P" placed on it was the "silver" war nickels of 1942-1945; after that, there were no "P" mintmark coins until 1979.
Not always. Usually coins without a mintmark are lower value coins but it all depends on the date, denomination, and condition of the coin.
Fijian coins have been minted variously at the following mints - Royal Australian Mint, Canberra - mintmark = C The Mint, Birmingham (Heaton) - mintmark = H The Royal Mint, Llantrisant, Wales - mintmark = L Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa - mintmark = O San Francisco Mint, USA - mintmark = S
In the US only coins have mintmarks.
A is not a mintmark used on US coins. Check the mintmark again and post a new question.
A is not a mintmark used on US Coins. Check the mintmark again and post a new question.
If you refer to the range of Sovereign coinage, the vast majority of these coins were minted at the Royal Mint London until the Mint moved operations to Llantrisant Wales in 1968.Coins minted at the Royal Mint have no mintmark.From about 1871 to 1931 inclusive, many British gold coins were minted where the gold was mined to minimise the time, expense and risk of transporting gold and coins to and from various parts of the Empire.British coins not minted at the Royal Mint were variously minted at the following Mints -Melbourne - mintmark MOttawa - mintmark CPerth - mintmark PPretoria - mintmark SASydney - mintmark SBombay - mintmark IThese mintmarks are visible on Sovereign coinage below the image of the Monarch on many of the earlier 19th century coins, or to the right of the year on the reverse of later coins.
Denver. That's why some coins have a little "D" mintmark.
Australian coins minted at the Melbourne Mint do not have a mintmark.