1934-D mint mark locations

[Spiddle86]

Can anyone shed light of the difference between mint mark locations of Vam-1/Vam-4 and Vam 5? They both appear to have identical high micro mm’s. The 5A in my collection does appear to be slightly tilted to the left.

[RogerB]

They were manually punched into working dies before shipment to the other mints. That ensures slight differences between coins from different reverse dies.

RE: "The 5A in my collection does appear to be slightly tilted to the left."
You can take care of this problem by tilting the coin slightly to the right; then the MM will be correct.

[shortnock]

[bhinkle]

It took me awhile to find my 1934, that I had labeled a vam 3A.
Attached is the D mint mark on it.
I had it identified wrong, with the strong doubling it the rays on the o
http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compu ... 34-D_VAM-3

[bhinkle]

For some reason it sent my post, before I finished typing my information.
I had it identified wrong, with the strong doubling in the rays, the profile and in IGWT,
on the obv.
Mine is a vam 3.
If you look at the bottom pictures, on the vam 3 page, you will see the mint mark
located in two different locations.
I think, I may be wrong
http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compu ... 34-D_VAM-3

[DarksideVAM]

On the filled D photographs, I think the difference is mostly perspective related . There is a photo of the VAM 4 micro D on that page for comparison.

[Spiddle86]

I have Vam 2,3,3a,4,5,5a,6 specimens on hand. I was trying to catalog a Vam-1 specimen but after comparing B2a and Vam-5’s B2c reverse I cannot see a difference in either MM size or location.