why?

[ant]

i was looking through the mint and proof sets that i baught here last week! (they are awsome) . but this set weirds me out. maybe im just to new to the older sets... but why is there 2 pennies in this pack? and why r some p mint and some s mint?

 

[MAULEMALL]

P,D,S.

[ant]

! did they put them all in the same slip?

 

from top left going right in picture:

 

1968 s 5c

1968 10c

1968 s 1c

1968 25c

1968 1c

 

[ant]

i see 69 did it also but no "d" mints

[McKinley-migration]

wow

[ant]

i got them from coll3ctor so maybe he would know more. i have never seen this b4.

[Dwaine]

There were several years in which they issued an S mint cent and I believe they just included it with the P coins.

[ant]

so this isnt an error on mints part

[MunkyMan95]

so this isnt an error on mints part

 

No. They minted Business Strike cents at 3 different Mints for a few years, and included the S-mint cents in the P-mint sleeve. It's normal.

[PovertyRow]

You have the 5cent as an S as well. Was that a typo?

[ant]

nope 5c s in both.

[Conder101]

In 1968, 69, and 70 San Francisco only struck cents and nickels. It really didn't make any sense to have a third sleeve for just those two coins, especially since Philadelphia didn't strike nickels or half dollars for circulation in those years so there was empty space in the Philadelphia sleeve. From 71 to 74 San Francisco only struck cents. It would make even less sense to have a sleeve just for one coin so they did a little rearranging and included it with one of the other mints.

[ant]

awsome! thanks.