Recent Silver Proof Sets - Sacagawea, No Date

My theory is they put it on the edges to discourage people, like us, to collect them. If so, it has certainly worked, because I have no desire to collect such coins where the date / MM is not visible on the obverse or reverse.

lol, well I mean it, and maybe it does seem a bit silly, but then again, the government did attempt this in 1964 when they removed mintmarks until 1968, where they had hoped it would discourage collected. I provided my answer simply by looking at what they did in the past. I agree that they are easy money, and I could very well be wrong. I just find it very hard to believe they could have made such a bad decision without thinking of how it would impact collectors. If that wasn't enough, they don't even have "one dollar" on them, just "$1" stamped on the reverse by lady liberty. They look just like tokens - I have presidential tokens my mom got from school from the 60's or 70's, and I can attest they look very similar, and the look doesn't appeal to me as a collector. The changes they made to the coins is incredible, compared to earlier years. At least I enjoy Sacagawea dollars, and I wish the did Presidential dollars in the same style.

I like everything about the current dollar coins except the writing on the edge. As stated by others I really hate the fact that it wears off easily and often times can't be read. I guess maybe they thought collectors wouldn't want to keep low grade coins anyway. It was a bad idea on the mint's part, and as somebody else on the forum once said: it was just another nail in the coffin of the gold dollar.