Quick(Dumb) Question About Presidential Dollars

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MontCollector Pillar of the Community United States 2403 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 12:48 am I was looking at the lettering stamped on the side, and noticed that a couple were stamped with the opposite side up. Is it luck of the draw how the fall(obverse or reverse up) into machine to be stamped on the edges? Or should they all be facing same way up to read edge? Thanks...Mont. Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 12:54 am I believe its luck of the draw on non-Proof coins. Many times you will see coins listed with either A or B orientation. Report this Post to the Staff
Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 12:58 am I got excited about this a few years ago when I noticed that one of mine had the lettering facing the other way, but found out that they are just dumped into the machine. Report this Post to the Staff
MontCollector Pillar of the Community United States 2403 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 01:09 am Thanks guys...figured I wouldn't be that lucky. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 01:10 am There have been mint errors where a coin either got no edge letters (like the famous "Godless" Washington) or got two sets of letter with A and B on the same coin. Report this Post to the Staff
MontCollector Pillar of the Community United States 2403 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 01:13 am Quote: or got two sets of letter with A and B on the same coin. you mean coin gets flipped in machine and stamped on edge again? Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 01:14 am yes, stamped twice Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 01:22 am I forgot what they called it, but on their labels PCGS refers to the edge stamp orientation as Pos. A or Pos. B Report this Post to the Staff
denco7 Pillar of the Community United States 2543 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 06:49 am Quote: PCGS refers to the edge stamp orientation as Pos. A or Pos. B Yet another way for the TPG's to keep their hand in your pocket. Because you have just " got " to have a collection of Pos. A and a collection of Pos. B in order to have a "complete " collection. The odds are in favor of an equal number of POS A and POS B's providing the coins are randomly dropped into the hopper and out of the hopper into the edging machine. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188122 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 10:54 am Yet another reason why I only collect proof Presidential dollars. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
BigSilver Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 11:33 am The only thing dumb about Presidential dollars, is Presidential dollars. Report this Post to the Staff
silverbob Valued Member United States 175 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 12:49 pm Going back to your title... No question is dumb if you don't know. Even more so in the coin collecting world. The only people in my opinion that think simple questions are dumb are the wannabe elitists. And they are usually the ones that think they know it all. But in realtime we know what is really going on. Edited by silverbob 04/14/2016 12:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 04/14/2016 8:48 pm Quote: jbuck Yet another reason why I only collect proof Presidential dollars. Yet another reason why I don't collect Presidential dollars. I only have a few of interest. Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 04/15/2016 05:45 am I have an observation that may be of interest to the 'edge' variety collectors: Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 04/15/2016 05:59 am My previous post originated from http://www.smalldollars.com. On another note a five year old youtube.com video narrated by Diane Sawyer discussed the proposed 2016 termination date of this series: abJW9ndmPh8 I cannot state with any degree of certainty that the term. date is now different. Anyhow, according to small dollars.com these are a few of the candidates to replace the Presidential dollars: I personally am hoarding them along with the copper pennies. * Edited by Staff to add YouTube tags. [youtube][/youtube] Please use them in the future. We prefer embedded video. * Report this Post to the Staff
GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 04/15/2016 10:36 am Very interesting clip. You hear about all the small dollars in storage .... But seeing them in the video is amazing Report this Post to the Staff
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