Owner Comments:
Mint - Denver
Mintage - 74,464,000
Acquisition date - 1/1/22
As the story goes, the mint had multiple S mintmark dies left over from the San Francisco Mint halting coin production in 1955. Instead of chucking the dies in the trash, they decided to repurpose them for use at the Denver mint. At least 10 dies were overpunched with D mintmarks creating the D/S overmintmark. While not particularly rare, these variety coins do carry a hefty premium over the regular issue. These variety coins are always an interesting part of the coining history.
Collection piece:
With only 14 pieces floating around carrying the FS designation and very tough to come by, what better way to fill this slot than with a variety. Typical gold toning on this piece and the strike is a little weak on the reverse. This is quite typical of the 55Ds. Overall, this is still a nice looking coin. It does replace a MS-67 coin that previously resided in this slot.
Notes from Nagengast:
5 Full Step Availability: 1:200
6 Full Step Rarity: Unverified
Although common in BU, as a full strike gem, the 55D is very scarce.