Mint marks

Hi

I hope someone from admins or those better connoisseurs could add in the "Tips and tools" section of Numisdoc site another sub-site explaining mintmarks, that can be found on coins (small picture + some extra data). I have just added this coin and would be very glad if I could quickly access pictures of mintmarks.

Just for the easy access sake, link to this site could also be added somewhere on "Add a coin to the catalog" site.

Maybe even better would be a drop down list, like "Reference number" in section "Overall information" on "Add a coin to the catalog" site, with multiple selections possible. The coin I have added has two mintmarks, I believe.

I think mostly everyone will agree, that a mintmark, if it exists on the coin, is an integral part of it and therefore should not be left out of coin information data.

Best regards

Hello.
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Regarding mint marks. Why do Norway, Sweden, Denmark and probably some other countries list mint official's initials as mint marks. I always thought that a "mint mark" represented a mint's location.

Agreed. A mint master is not a mint.

Citeer: "ZacUK"​ Agreed. A mint master is not a mint.

Also in agreement.

Coins from France and French colonies, as well as coins from other countries whose production were contracted to the Monnaie de Paris have their chief engraver and mint director's privy marks noted in the comment of the coin's date line rather than in the mintmark section. (e.g. Monnaie de Paris (fasces))

I think this is the best solution for non-engravers' initials like on Spanish coins of the late 19th century, or privy marks like on Danish and Dutch coins.

Citeer: "SRV5490"​Regarding mint marks. Why do Norway, Sweden, Denmark and probably some other countries list mint official's initials as mint marks. I always thought that a "mint mark" represented a mint's location.

​Well, on our pages this is called "mint letter", not a mintmark, it probably includes the initials of the engraver, if necessary.

Citeer: "Cyrillius"​

Citeer: "SRV5490"​Regarding mint marks. Why do Norway, Sweden, Denmark and probably some other countries list mint official's initials as mint marks. I always thought that a "mint mark" represented a mint's location.

​​Well, on our pages this is called "mint letter", not a mintmark, it probably includes the initials of the engraver, if necessary.

​Okay, it is a "mint letter". In most cases that letter is representing the location of the mint, with the few exceptions already mentioned. Are you suggesting that any letter, mint location or engraver, can be placed in the "Mint Letter" box.