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Sacagawea dollar with an inset showing the Mint Mark of the Philadelphia Mint
71.  Some coins bear a mark of distinction...  Each branch of the United States Mint has a code letter called a "mint mark" to show which branch struck a coin, but not every coin has a mint mark. The Mint has used seven different mint marks for eight branches because one mark was recycled! Denver's "D" used to stand for "Dahlonega" (Georgia), a branch that closed during the Civil War.

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