If it has a mintmark its on the reverse under the wreath, it can only be a D or S.
If it has a mintmark its on the reverse under the wreath, it can only be a D or S.
its from the phillidelphia mint
a quarter
made in the Philadelphia Mint
No mint mark means it was minted in Philadelphia. The quarter is worth exactly 25 cents.
On the 1979 quarter, the mint mark is located on the reverse side of the coin, just to the right of the eagle's tail. It can be either "D" for the Denver Mint or "P" for the Philadelphia Mint, though Philadelphia coins from that year typically do not have a mint mark. If there is no mint mark, it indicates the coin was minted in Philadelphia.
There is not always a mint mark on coins. If your coin does not have a mintmark it means that it was made at the Philadelphia mint in Pennsylvania.
The lack of a mint mark indicates that the coin was minted in Philadelphia. The mint mark P wasn't added to quarters until 1980.
Philadelphia did not mark the Dime, Quarter or Kennedy Half dollar that year. Prior to 1980, Philadelphia did not use the P mint mark on any coins, with the following exceptions: > 1979 $1 coins > wartime nickels made from mid-1942 to 1945
If it has one it'll be on the reverse below the eagle. No mint mark = Philadelphia, D = Denver.
This date regardless of mint mark is valued for the silver and is worth about $3.25
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.