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Officially the U.S. Mint states that the edge lettering on dollar coins is placed randomly. Meaning no special effort will be made to line up the edge lettering or to have them go in the same direction, unless they are proof.
So when you have the coin face up and you look at the edge lettering it can be right side up or upside down. The date can be centered above the portrait or to the side or anywhere. Since it is all random then there is an equal opportunity for a normal edge or upside down edge and it has no extra value.
Even with no extra value I want one of each. So for each year since edge lettering was reintroduced there are (5 dollar coins x 2 mint marks x 2 edge varieties) = 20 coins to collect every year.
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| Oh no check out the 2009 font one looks bold and the other looks fine. Does this mean there is another variety that I need to look out for? |
The Zachary Taylor is a new one for me but I am still missing many, over 40 of them.
Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar-Zachary Taylor / United States
Year: 2009 P
(Edge normal)
Mintage: 41,580,000
Metal: 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, and 2% Nickel
Value: $1.00 in F-12
Type/Country: 1 Dollar-Native American / United States
Year: 2009 D
(Edge normal)
Mintage: 33,880,000
Metal: 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, and 2% Nickel
Value: $1.00 in F-12
Type/Country: 1 Dollar-Thomas Jefferson / United States
Year: 2007 D
(Edge upside down)
Mintage: 102,810,000
Metal: 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, and 2% Nickel
Value: $1.00 in F-12
Warning for people using Metrocard machines in NYC if you want a $4.50 card and you put in a $20 bill you will get 15 dollar coins as change.
Update: Another edge variety for dollars recently made the news.These involved error coins that were supposed to be destroyed but instead were sold to private dealers. I did not mention missing edge lettering dollars because they are hard to come by and are one the most overvalued errors in the market, now I know why.
US Mint officer admits taking $2.4M worth of coins
CAMDEN,
N.J. (AP) — A former police officer for the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia
has admitted to stealing $2.4 million worth of "error" coins and selling
them to a coin distributor in California.
U.S. Attorney Paul J.
Fishman in New Jersey said 64-year-old William Gray pleaded guilty on
Thursday to charges of theft of government property and tax evasion.
Gray,
of North Wildwood, N.J., had worked at the U.S. Mint since 1996. In a
federal court in Camden, N.J., he admitted taking $1 presidential coins
that were missing edge lettering, knowing they would be considered more
valuable to coin collectors because they were considered "mint errors."
He mailed them from New Jersey.
He was freed on $50,000 bail. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 20.
This arrest may have an impact to all future errors.
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