Hello wildflower, welcome to the forum!
What you have is known as a blank planchet. A planchet is the metal disc that has the design of the coin struck on it. There are two types- I and II. Type I planchets are perfectly flat. Type II has the initial formation of a rim.
The planchets from the
Presidential dollars are the EXACT SAME as the planchets used to make Sacagawea dollars(which are still being minted concurrently with the Prez series). The couple from Ft. Collins found a type II planchet with edge lettering, but no obverse or reverse design. The design of the coin is struck and then the edge lettering is placed on it in a second process. Their example is the only one found so far and it will certainly be rare. The coins from
ebay and the national news stories missing "in God We Trust" have the obverse and reverse design but skipped the second step edge lettering. It is estimated that at least 50,000 of those exist.
The "golden dollar" blank planchets seem to be somewhat scarce as Fred Weinberg, a major error dealer, has them for sale for $125(raw) and $300(a certified pair). You will not get rich off of this find but it is a nice thing to just pull out of a roll
http://www.fredweinberg.com/invento....asp?ID=3152http://www.fredweinberg.com/invento....asp?ID=2429
Edited by biokemist6
03/14/2007 11:11 pm