Zebo Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) If the Dalles Oregon Mint, that was authorized, funded and partially built before being canceled and turned over to the state, actually opened - - what would be its mint mark? What would be the ripple effect? it’s a winery now with a very solidly built wine cellar/basement. Edited January 13, 2022 by Zebo Added drawing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWB Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Interesting speculation topic. The SF mint was initially call the California Mint, so we might presume a "C" mintmark -- except Charlotte was still in business, so "S" was adopted. The same would have applied to "D" and "O" mintmarks. Carson was "CC" because there was already the old "C." (A majority of mint docs from the 1860s-80s refer to it as the "Carson Mint." Had the mid-west mint opened in 1942, it was so close to Chicago that "C" could have been considered -- but it never got to the discussion stage. Maybe "W" for Wasco County? How about "P" for Pacific Coast ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods020 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I vote a pot leaf instead of the traditional letter mint mark for Oregon 🤣 They would have to get creative since the general convention wouldn’t work, and what better way to get creative than with some bud?? Hoghead515 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Same with airports... The former Idlewild became JFK, after the president's assassination. North Beach became LGA, after former NYC mayor LaGuardia. And Newark, seemingly inexplicably, was dubbed EWR, presumably because the more obvious choices were already assigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawk Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) If the mint mark were determined the way the mint marks were determined in what I collect that actually has mint marks, it would likely be a Z. Dalles, Oregon would be a city of very little importance to the German Empire. Edited January 13, 2022 by Mohawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conder101 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I would suspect they would have used a D. Dahlonega was closed, and Denver was still in the future. If not a D then probable either a T or TD. The letters chosen have related to the name of the city the mint was located in, so T, TD, or D, are the obvious choices. T would be unlikely because it would stand for "The". Just doesn't seem reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWB Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Possibly a " ? " -- well, maybe not..... Mohawk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebo Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 3:33 PM, Conder101 said: I would suspect they would have used a D. Dahlonega was closed, and Denver was still in the future. If not a D then probable either a T or TD. The letters chosen have related to the name of the city the mint was located in, so T, TD, or D, are the obvious choices. T would be unlikely because it would stand for "The". Just doesn't seem reasonable. Ok - then what would be Denver’s mint mark given that the D was given to Dallas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 They once had a Q subway train in NYC, so how about a V for Denver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conder101 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) On 1/13/2022 at 7:52 PM, Zebo said: Ok - then what would be Denver’s mint mark given that the D was given to Dallas? Would depend on whether The Dalles was still in operation. If it was they might not have opened Denver for coin production. Edited January 18, 2022 by Conder101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
