A letter is usually a mint mark, indicating where a coin was made. For example, on American coins, P stands for Philadelphia, and D means Denver.
if its does not have a mint stamp it was minted in philly
The letters under the date on some pennies indicates which US Mint branch made the coin. The letter "D" indicates the Denver, Colorado Mint, the letter "S" indicates the San Francisco, California mint and no letter at all indicates the coin was struck at the US Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It means the coin was struck in San Francisco. D = Denver No letter = Philadelphia (all other denominations since 1980 use P, though)
If I understand the question, you have a Sacagawea dollar coin with no date on the obverse (front) of the coin and you think it should have a 2000 date on it? The coin was made after 2008. From 2009 to date, the year the coin was struck in is on the edge of the coin.
That means it is a novelty coin. These are not made by the US mint. They are made by private mints for shops as a token or toy.
Check that coin again. There were no U.S. dollar coins minted that year.
if its does not have a mint stamp it was minted in philly
A year mark is an inscription on a coin denoting the year in which the coin was produced or issued.
The mint letter on a coin, if any, is located right under the date.
No. The Cent is the only US coin in 1949 to have a letter [also known as a mint mark] near the date. The letter "D" represents the mint at Denver, Colorado; the letter "S" represents the San Francisco, California and the absence of a letter indicate the coin was struck at the US mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Just the year does not make a coin rare.
It depends on the coin and the year where it comes from.
Mintmarks identify which mint the coin was made at.
A mint mark is a letter or some other symbol indicating where a coin was minted. For example, on modern American coins, the letter P means it was minted in Philadelphia, and the letter D stands for Denver.
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1903 is the year the coin was minted (made)
The Denver mint is on a coin showing the letter D, this means it was made in Denver, sometimes depending on the coin and year the D mint can be worth some money.