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New Member
United States
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Greetings to you all, I have been reading these forums on and off for years but, until now, have never needed to post to them. I found a Thomas Jefferson dollar a few weeks ago which appears to be missing it's edge letters. As far as I can tell from a web search there have never been any found in circulation and that the values for these are all listed for uncirculated coins. I was going to take some pictures and post them here, asking what, if any, value it might have. When I examined the pictures I noticed two things: 1. That there was a color change on the edge as if the metal inside was showing through; 2. There appears to be some slight lettering on some parts but not others. I wondered if this was a fake that had been made and, sure enough, I found a web page that showed an example of a coin faked by grinding off the lettering on the edge. So, given this, I ask that you examine the pictures I am including and answer me this: 1. Is this, in fact, a fake? 2. What, if any, value is there to it? 3. What should I do with it? I don't want to put it back into circulation if there is a chance that someone might be tricked into thinking it is real in the future. I thank you for your time and any advice you can offer regarding it.     |
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Valued Member
United States
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All Presidential dollars I have seen show the copper core on the side of the coin. I don't think this coin is anything except post mint damage, sorry. It has clearly went through the edge lettering stage, whereas a coin with missing edge lettering skips the edge lettering stage completely. It also appears to have scratches that go around the circumference of the coin which would indicated that the letter was worn/ground off. Edited; Didn't notice, congrats on the first post!  Edited by TheCentMan
12/02/2012 10:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree. It's post strike damage or strangely heavy circulation.
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Moderator
 United States
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I have been reading these forums on and off for years Certainly took you long enough to emerge from lurker to poster.  IMHO your circulated coin is most likely a poor attempt to remove the edge lettering post-mint. David |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My eyesight is not that great but I can read the lettering
pretty well on this coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dollars are regularly used in Las Vegas coin machines. I went to a pool tournament and the tables took the "gold" dollars. There were many of them that were very circulated. They had coin machines that took 5,10,20 Dollar bills and spit out coins. So some of the coins are actually lucky enough to get used.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Some of the dollar coins also can have weak edge lettering from having the edge die and the roller spaced too far apart.
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you to everyone for your input on this issue.
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Valued Member
United States
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Looks like someone sanded the edge
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Posted 12/02/2012 8:36 pm
