Where is the mint mark on a US silver dollar?

Answer 1

Answer For dollar coins minted in 1935 and earlier, the mint mark is on the reverse, or "tails" side, of the coin, usually below the eagle. Many times the mint mark gets lost in the rest of the design. A poor strike or a well-circulated, well-worn coin may obliterate the mint mark, or make it otherwise unrecognizable.

Specific positions for the major designs:

• Seated Liberty dollar - on the reverse side under the eagle
• Morgan dollar - between the wreath and the letters DO in DOLLAR
• Peace dollar - between the word ONE and the eagle's tail.

For dollar coins minted in 1971 and later, including both the nickel and brass dollar coins minted for circulation, the mint mark is on the obverse, or "heads" side, of the coin, usually near the date. These coins are made of copper-nickel or brass so they're not "silver" dollars, although many people mistakenly call them that.

• Eisenhower dollars have the mint mark above the date.
• Susan B. Anthony dollars have the mint mark on near her collar on the left side of the coin.
• Sacagawea dollars 2000 to 2008 have the mint mark below the date.
• The new Presidential dollars and Sacagawea dollars starting in 2009 have the mint mark on the coin's edge

Bullion American Eagle silver "dollars" also have their mint marks on the obverse, although these coins carry an artificial denomination and are meant for investment, not use in commerce.

Mint mark letters for non-gold dollars (including the "golden" Sacagawea dollar) are as follows:

• No mint mark (up to 1978) or P (1979 and later) = Philadelphia
• D = Denver (1921 and later)
• S = San Francisco
• W = West Point (bullion coins only)
• CC = Carson City (only on dollars struck between 1870 and 1893)
• O = New Orleans (only on dollars struck up to 1904)