The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 54, December 21, 2003, Article 9

HOW THE ANTHONY DOLLAR GOT P'D ON

  Tom DeLorey writes: "I remember the day in the Fall of 1978
  when I was still working for Coin World, when Margo Russell
  came into the Editorial Department with the official Mint
  rendering of the new Susan B. Atrocity dollar. I was less than
  impressed, but being rather technically minded I asked her
  where the mint mark was going to be placed, there being none
  shown in the rendering. Margo, ever prone to direct action,
  immediately called the Mint Director to ask her where the mint
  mark would be, only to find out that the Directrix had no idea
  herself. She said she would check, and called back within the
  hour to tell Margo that the mint mark would be behind the
  shoulder, and that the Philadelphia Mint would be using a P
  mint mark on them!

  I found it amusing that the Mint Director had not been consulted
  on either the mint mark placement or the use of the P mint mark
  before our call, and have often wondered if my innocent remark
  caused the Director to stick her nose into an area where the
  Mint's actual management did not want her direction, and if it
  was perhaps her "helpful" idea to begin using a P mint mark on
  regular issue coins. We shall never know."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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