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New Member
United States
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I have a John Tyler Presidential dollar with no edge lettering. I know this was a common error on earlier issues of the series. Is this error commonplace for the series? Is it common for the John Tyler dollar? Thanks.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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@or, first welcome to CCF. Second, can you please provide a weight for this coin? I just want to make sure that the edge hasn't been shaved to remove the inscription.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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New Member
 United States
10 Posts |
I don't have a weight. I did measure it with a micrometer and the diameter is correct.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Spence ids right.
VERY accurate weight has to be known, to enable any reasonable investigation to proceed.
The edge as shown does indeed look (only slightly) suspicious. May? have been finished with a 5,000 grade burnishing wheel.
This sort of 'fooling around' with a coin is tempting,
especially when authentic missing edge lettering examples are well known.
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Moderator
United States
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 to CCF. Looks like you are holding the coin with metal pliers,that is a no no. John1  |
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Valued Member
United States
303 Posts |
Eeeek!  with John1. And to the ccf. |
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New Member
United States
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I'll check the weight, but the diameter matches all of the other coins I compared it to. I know it could be fake. I'm asking questions here because it could be real. The coin has been in circulation.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21626 Posts |
There are known John Tyler Dollars with no edge lettering but I
think the hard part is proving it was left off and not removed.
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New Member
United States
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I'll leave the proof to the experts. What I'm trying to decide is if the coin is worth presenting it for grading. Having an idea of how often this actually occurs for this coin will help me with that. I know the Tyler dollar was issued in 2009. This particular coin was purchased in a lot of 100 circulated dollar coins in early 2010. The coin has been sitting in a piggy bank since then. If someone tried to pass it off as a fake, they didn't take the most profitable route. I'll look around for a local collector. Maybe they can answer my questions.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Having an idea of how often this actually occurs for this coin will help me with that That would be almost impossible to know but I did read somewhere that it occurred less often on John Tyler Dollars than the earlier runs. |
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Moderator
United States
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If the retail value of a genuine one is at least $100 it might be worth having it graded and slabbed...up to you. John1 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
646 Posts |
I wouldn't get it graded. In this condition, it wouldn't be worth more than maybe $50.
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Valued Member
United States
354 Posts |
All that aside... did anyone notice the device holding the coin was a metal clamp?
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New Member
United States
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I noticed it, several others did, too.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The coin wear would drop the price drastically.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Weight won't tell you anything. The lettering is shallow enough that shaving down the edge won't move it out of the mint tolerance range.
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Posted 02/15/2020 10:06 pm
