Show MINT MARS MARKS they tho biaco of colhico Coli Cot ico tiace or tho die dic makers nume jiuu I 1 the mint marks mark on our silver coinage are so well Ic known non that almost any school child cau can tell you wh where ere a piece w was as coined the s means that it is from the san sail francisco mint cc that it was made at carson carbon city cily and 0 o that it was the work of the new orleans money makers besides the alcove you will find some very small letters occasionally especially on the standard dollar the columbian coins and the 1893 desi desin design n in the quarters and balf dollar pieces piece S on the standard dollar the letter is a microscopic im m on the left loop of tile ribbon which binds the wreath surrounding rounding the alie ca eagle cale le another m of larger dimensions may also be found on the same coin at the lower edge of the hair these miniature letters are private marks of mason tile the man who made tile the dies on the columbian coin we find and a clear cut B the initial of IS Dar arbir br tile diesinker die sinker Pe ference on the subject informs lis that etwas it was formerly 1 a I capital offense for a E ur die binker to mark anark liis his coins but from the enormous size of the initials now used by most tradesmen of that craft across the water wo we should judge that the law was obsolete |