Mintmarks identify which mint the coin was made at.
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.
A mint mark is a smaller letter or letters representing the mint facility the coin was struck and are found in various places on the coin.
It is a tiny letter, usually near the date, that signifies whihc mint the coin come from. On American coins, if there is no visible mint mark, it is from the Philadelphia mint. A "D" indicatges the Denver mint.
Mint mark locations depend on the date and type of coin.
No mint mark means the coin was minted in Philadelphia.
A mint mark is a letter or other symbol to indicate where a coin was minted.
A mint-mark on a coin is a letter designating the location of the mint where the coin was made. "D" for Denver, "P" for Philadelphia, "S" for San Francisco.
The mint mark is on the back, or obverse, to the right of the letter E in one. The letter D is for the Denver mint and the letter S is for San Francisco. If your coin is without a mintmark, it was struck at the Philadelphia mint.
If it has one it would be located on the reverse side of the coin just above the letter "D" in the word "DOLLAR". The mint mark "S" is for San Francisco, California. The mint mark "CC" is for Carson City, Nevada. If there is no mint mark the coin was struck at the mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It's called a mint mark and indicates where the coin was minted. The mint mark 'D' stands for Denver.
I'm assuming you mean the mint-mark? The mint-mark shows which branch of the US mint created the coins, if there is a P mark (or no mintmark on some coins) the coin was minted in Philadelphia, a D mark signifies Denver, an S mark shows the coin was from San Fransisco and a W mark is from the West Point Mint.
The mint mark is located on the reverse [tails] side of the coin at the bottom below the wreath. If there is no mint mark then the coin was minted at the Philadelphia Mint.