New dollar errors.........

[dfxmatt]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_re_us/godless_dollars

Apparently there are new dollar coins going around with no
"In God We Trust" on them. Keep a eye out cause their going for $50.00 on ebay.

Matt.

 

[mike(swWash)]

I just checked and some of the "Godless" coins are going for over $100 and a couple I looked at looked like it may have been ground/polished off to make it smooth. Might have been a bad pic but, it sure looked suspicious to me.

Even more disturbing is, I see a lot being sold as errors because the motto is upside down when the heads of the coin is facing up....This is normal. Here's a quote In the latest Numismatic eNewsletter where Dave Harper talks about some dollar coin errors, most notably the missing "In God We Trust"

"Last week the new George Washington dollar was released to circulation. This week come the first reports of errors. Topping the list was a report of one of the new dollars without the edge lettering. On a regular coin, the edge carries the date, mintmark, "In God We Trust" and "E Pluribus Unum." An Arizona collector, who wishes to remain anonymous, reported it. He truly has a "Godless" dollar coin. Other reports of errors are coming in.

What is not an error is the changing direction of the edge lettering. On some coins the tops of the letters are close to the obverse. On others they are close to the reverse. This is normal. It is not an error."

The latter are currently going for about $15. each on Ebay!!!

 

[dfxmatt]

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