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Inscription On Edge Of Presidential $1 Coin Is Upside Down

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 Posted 06/15/2026  5:49 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Jarius to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi all, nice to meet you, I made an account just to ask this question. I got paid in some Presidential dollar coins recently, and I was examining them because I'd never seen one before when I noticed the inscription on the edge of one of them is upside down. I'm not a coin collector myself and I don't know anything about the hobby, so I wanted to ask the experts if it's worth anything. Thank you for your time.

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 Posted 06/15/2026  5:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
To CCF! It's normal. Worth face value. It's a variety, but there's not really any added value, if any. https://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page33.html
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All right, thank you for your time.
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the rim embossing is a 50/50 chance of ending up in the collar up right or upside-down.

we now call them varieties ('A' and 'B')
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Agree with the rest. 50/50 chance.
Nice to see them circulating!
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It should, as usual, be pointed out once again that the circulating examples of these coins are indeed a 50:50 chance, whether the coin lands heads or tails in the edge-inscribing machine. But for proof coins, the edge lettering is part of the collar die, not a separate process, so proof versions of these coins should all be "the same way up".
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