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Mintmarks

Scope note

Abbreviations, monograms, or symbols placed, usually unobtrusively, on coins to indicate the mint at which the coins were made.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000195926

Broader Terms used

<marks by function>

Term used for

mint marks

Equivalent Terms used

mintmark

Created

12yrs ago

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