All Mint Stamps
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The Greatest Country Music Recordings of all Time – Country Gospel Vol. 1 (two LPS) TWO beautiful burgandy LPs, attractive creme colored sleeves, an 8-page LP size booklet with pictures and extensive material about the performers, genre, and songs. All in a beautiful blue box set. The music of early religious material is recorded here…. |
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE – 1987 MINT SET OF COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS -With all stamps mounted in place … |
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1964 Hallmark Beatles Stamps Set BGS 9.5- All BGS 9.5 GEM MINT with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr $49.99 This is for a complete 5 piece 1964 Beatles premiere edition stamps and all 5 stamps are graded BGS 9.5 Gem Mint! Yes these rare stamps over 40 years old have been professionally graded by Beckett grading and all 5 stamps, the complete set are graded BGS 9.5 Gem Mint (BGS also know as BVG for Beckett Vintage Grading). Each one has its own serial number on the back where the card is registered with… |
As a precatice coins generally have some identification mark indicating the mint where it was struck. These are refered to as mint marks. This practice appears to be quite old — coins from the Roman or Greek civilizations also show marks.
In united States, the mint marks were stamped on the reverse side of the coin prior to 1965, however, after 1967 they were got shifted to the front side. Looking at the mint marks, one can tell where they got “manufactured”.
The rules for categorizing and differentiating coins produced in different US mints are set by the Director of the Mint via the march 3, 1835 Act. He is also responsible for setting standards for quality as well as quantity of coin production in the US.
Mint marks were introduced at the Philadelphia mint in the year 1979 for the dollar coins; the earlier coins from here did not bear mint marks. Later the marks were introduced to other denomination coins also.
The mint marks are placed on the coin discs before they are shipped for producing the finished coins at the designated mint locations. The exact placing of the mint marks can vary slightly depending on the force and location of the punch.
Utility of mint marks
You can judge the worth of a coin by looking at the condition of the mint mark along with other factors. Another important use of mint marks is that they identify the location (of the mint) where the coin originated. Sometimes this can also be a factor in determining the coin’s worth.
The minting process
1. Preparation of the metal strip with correct thickness: For pennies, zinc strip is used while alloy strips are used for coins of one dollar, half dollar, dime and nickel. Half dimes are made by coating a copper thin strip with alloy on both sides — kind of copper sandwich.
2. Preparing round blanks: The strips are cut into round discs, roughly the size of the finished coins
3. Softening the blank rounds: The round blanks are the softened and cleaned by exposing them to higher temperatures in an annealing furnace, putting them in the tumbling barrels and finally into moving cylinders containing some chemicals.
4 Making raised rims: After washing the blanks are dried and fed to an upsetting machine to make raised rims.
5. Making coins: Finally, the finished coins are produced by inserting the blanks into a holding collar and striking with high pressure. Pennies are pressed with a pressure of roughly 40 tons. Higher pressure is required for larger coins. Both sides of the blanks are stamped simultaneously with the upper and the lower dies.
Design of the US coins
The design of the US coins is selected by the Director of the Mint, followed by approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. the US Congress can also suggest or recommend a design. Once approved, the coin design can’t change for next 25 years unless the Congress approves it.
Currently all US coins feature past presidents of the country, eg., the one-cent coins feature President Lincoln since 1909; the five cent coins feature Jefferson since 1938; Franklin Roosevelt was introduced on the dime in 1946; the half dollars show Kennedy minted first in 1964; washington on the quarter dollar coins since 1932.
The “fifty States Quarters Program” or “Act of 1997″ allows the quarters to be redesigned . The back side of the quarter dollar coin will feature emblems of all the US states one after the other. During 1999 to 2008, each year five states will be honored by issuing quarter coins with designs created by them — the states being chosen in the same sequence they signed the consitution
“In God We Trust” was first used on a US 2-cent coin in 1864. By 1866, it found its way on to US nickel, quarter, half-dollar, dollar and on the five-, ten- and twenty- dollar coins. It moved on to the penny in 1909 and on the dime in 1916. Now you find this phrase on all US coins.
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Collection of all Mint 2008 Malta Stamps $89.99 |
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CANADA 2000 NHL All Stars Pane of 6 Stamps Mint NH#1838 $4.28 |
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SPAIN COLLECTION STAMPS 34 ALL MINT $1.75 |
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MEXICO STAMP COLLECTION 36 ALL MINT $1.75 |
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MEXICO STAMP COLLECTION 32 ALL MINT $1.75 |
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BIG COLLECTION OF 1953 QEII CORONATION STAMPS ALL MINT $5.99 |
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BIG COLLECTION OF PEACE ISSUE 1946 STAMPS ALL MINT $9.99 |
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Collectible ALL ABOARD! TRAIN 33 cent STAMP SHEET MINT $3.00 |
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Large Lot US Stamps Collection ALL MINT in stock pages $33.00 |
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US AIRMAIL STAMPS ( MINT COLLECTION) ALL DIFFERENT, OG $8.28 |
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DAN CARTER NZ ALL BLACKS RUGBY STRIP OF MINT STAMPS 5 $8.27 |
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WORLDWIDE STAMPS, ALL MINT H, CORREOS DE GUATEMALA, MNH $9.99 |
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UN – STAMP STARTER LOT-75 ALL DIFF-MOST EARLIER-MINT-NH $1.99 |
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100+United States Stamps,w/SS all Mint NH OG $9.02 |
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Scott#704-713 United States Stamps, +47 all Mint NH OG $10.14 |
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4 MINT STAMPS FAULTY GROUP #247 #253 #255 #257 ALL MH $0.99 |
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Malta Stamp – ER II 1956 – mint/h 15 stamps in all $25.00 |
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2000 single commemorative stamp collection, all mint NH $29.78 |
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Lot US postage stamps face value $71.88 all MINT sheets $62.00 |
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Sierra Leone – NBA All-Stars 12 Mint Stamp Sht SIE0910 $9.75 |
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All Saints On Stamps – Mint Sheet of 9 – 4216 $4.00 |
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CATCH ALL CARDS STAMPER CARDS MINT NO STAMPS $1.75 |
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Boy scouts, collection of stamps all mint never hinged $8.00 |
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SOVIET UNION 1932 All Union Stamp Expo Moscow 15k mint* $1.99 |
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Stamps Africa – 2,000+ All Mint Colonials in Stockbook $2.95 |
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US BOB Airmail Stamp Collection All Mint $29.88 |
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120 all diff. 1960’s &70’s MINT stamps of SPAIN/ESPANA $1.99 |
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USPS STAMP FOLIOS (15) 1990′S ALL MINT ISSUES $19.99 |
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1,700 ALL DIFFERENT MINT US STAMPS $274.00 FACE VALUE $114.17 |
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3rd Reich 11 Rare 1940 Stamps Complete Sets All MINT!! $9.99 |
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US Airmail Stamps – C20 , C21 & C22 All Mint $0.99 |
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MINT POSTAGE ALL FULL GUM N,H,.OVER 2000+ STAMPS $207FV $99.00 |
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1970’s Classic TV – All in the Family Stamp – Mint NH! $2.99 |
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Large Lot US Stamps Collection ALL MINT in stock pages $0.99 |
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100 All Different SAN MARINO Stamps MINT NH $21.52 |
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100 All Different UNITED NATIONS Stamps MINT NH $36.19 |
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150 All Different GRENADA Stamps mostly Mint NH $23.47 |
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200 All Different MINT BRITISH AMERICA no Canada Stamps $26.41 |
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200 All Different MINT BRITISH EMPIRE Stamps $23.47 |
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200 All Different MEXICO Stamps – mostly mint NH * $28.36 |
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100 All Different DISNEY STAMPS MINT NH $28.36 |
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UN #38 MINT S/SHEET + ALL 17 1955 & 1956 UN MINT STAMPS $95.00 |
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1982 ASIAD SPORTS ALL STAMPS MINT + FIRST DAY CANCELS $9.99 |
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Minkus 1968 All American Stamp Album MINT UNUSED $55.00 |
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2001 NHL All Star Stamp Cards Series 2 Set of 6 Mint $19.99 |
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Liberia – NBA All-Stars – 12 Stamp Mint Sheet – LIB0920 $10.75 |
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US#692-701 / ALL 10 ROTARY STAMPS / MINT / OGnh / 1931 $200.00 |
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CANADA 2001 NHL All Stars Pane of 6 Stamps Mint NH#1885 $4.28 |
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All 50 State Quarters Mint Complete in Album + Stamps $349.50 |
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NEW ZEALAND 6 PAGES OF MINT(NEARLY ALL UNMOUNTED)STAMPS $49.99 |
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*3* Thats all folks” Stamp Sheet 10 x .34 CENT Mint $30.00 |
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US Mint Stamps Army Comm. set 785,786,787 All PNS $5.50 |
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Brazil, 1970, all commemorative stamps (28) issued,mint $33.00 |
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Brazil, 1971, all commemorative stamps (27) issued,mint $33.00 |
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