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mishap-coins Valued Member United States 344 Posts	Posted 03/09/2007 4:21 pm March 7, 2007 Washington Presidential $1 without edge lettering (Newport Beach, California) -- Professional Coin Grading Service of Newport Beach, California (www.PCGS.com) is offering a $10,000 reward for the first person who submits for verification a genuine, Sacagawea golden dollar coin mistakenly struck with the edge lettering intended for the new Presidential dollar coins. The coins depicting Native American, Sacagawea, who assisted Lewis and Clark on their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, are supposed to have smooth, plain edges. The new Presidential dollars have incuse edge lettering that includes the year of minting and the mottos, In God We Trust and E Pluribus Unum. "Even with the Mint taking steps to carefully produce coins, valuable errors like these could happen. We've already seen, certified and graded some Presidential dollars that have no lettering on the edge," said Ron Guth, PCGS President. PCGS is the world's largest rare coin authentication company and a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT). "The United States Mint is still making the plain-edged Sacagawea dollars while also striking literally hundreds of millions of the Presidential coins. Sooner or later, we believe a Sacagawea coin will be erroneously made with lettering on the edge, or will be over-struck with the both the Sacagawea and Presidential designs on the same coin. We'll pay $10,000 just to be the first to authenticate them." PCGS also is offering a $2,500 finder's reward for the first blank Presidential dollar it receives where there is only the edge lettering but no design on the front or back. "It's possible that a planchet intended for a Presidential dollar might only get struck for the lettering around the edge, and not go through the earlier 'heads and tails' part of the minting process," explained Guth. "We're asking the public, collectors and dealers to carefully look at their money. You could find a fortune in your pocket change if it's the 'right' dollar that's been made wrong." Additional information is available from Professional Coin Grading Service at (800) 447-8848. E-mail: info@PCGS.com. Report this Post to the Staff

TheForce Pillar of the Community United States 4870 Posts	Posted 03/09/2007 4:24 pm Sounds interesting! Report this Post to the Staff
TimJing Valued Member United States 346 Posts	Posted 03/09/2007 4:49 pm That's pretty cool. Seems like it gives people an incentive to start using the new and old $1 coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Tpatna Pillar of the Community United States 1627 Posts	Posted 03/09/2007 5:26 pm It would be so nice if I found one....its like dreaming of winning the lottery Report this Post to the Staff
tights24 Pillar of the Community United States 2254 Posts	Posted 03/09/2007 6:13 pm Time to buy more rolls. That includes rolls of sacs as well now!!! Report this Post to the Staff
chinchilla New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 03/10/2007 12:05 am wow - could you imagine finding one of those?! Report this Post to the Staff
Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 03/10/2007 12:47 am I would love to see one of those errors get submitted. Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24237 Posts	Posted 03/10/2007 01:19 am Great, now our taxes will go up because the Mint will have to hire a private detective to follow each Mint employee around. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
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