Thread: Here's what I was talking about

I said something about a clothlike texture on the edge of the Adams dollar, well I found one that just started on ebay. What do you think about it?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2084&rd=1&rd=1

Suspicious IMHO it is nothing out of the ordinary

hmmm... an abraded strike collar.... or.... sandblasted....

Interesting to say the least

looks like something scraped the edge of the coin.

He said those are the same on all of them. Like a gouge in the edge die.

Oh! THAT'S what you were talking about...In one box I was opening, almost 1/3 of the coins were like that...I think i still have them actually.....I hope the mint is changing how they do the edge lettering because the ones with this finish are MUCH easier to read......

not an error imo, someone is getting fleeced

I got my first $150 of these yesterday, about $25 worth had this.

The sellers Feedback:97.3% Positive

Is that good or bad?

Originally Posted by hamman88

Is that good or bad?

It would scare me

I am wondering why some of the folks on here buy huge amounts of the president dollars. Just me but I dont think they are all that fine of a coin. I mean, take the Adams coin, he looks like a mongoloid. Is it to get, by chance, an error coin that would make up the amount you paid?

the comments were all positive and that does look like a genuine error...kinda like touching nail polish before its dry..lol

That doesn't look like much of anything to me. Has anyone found any significant errors or oddities with the new JA President coins?

here's a list of some errors

Adams Dollar Errors Listing (Obverse):

Die clash - Traces of reverse show on obverse
Over-abraded die - lost detail (probably to repair die clashes)
Over-abraded die - "Severed Head," right side of Adams' neck
Struck through grease filled die - lost numbers & words in lower legend
Struck through grease filled die - random spots & smears
Small die chips - "Warts" and "Infected President" types

Adams Dollar Errors Listing (Reverse)

Die clash - Traces of obverse show on reverse
Over-abraded die - "Severed Head," left side of Liberty's neck
Over-abraded die (New Type!) - "Blinded Liberty" shows Liberty's right eye polished flat
Struck through grease filled die - random spots & smears
Die crack in torch (New Type!) - "Broken Torch" type has moderate die crack
Minor die break - "Filled S" type (One or the other S in STATES, both reported)
Minor die break - "Extra Curl" has small die break in Liberty's hair between curls

Adams Dollar Edge Errors & Whole Coin Errors

Unburnished planchet - Planchet missed polishing & brightening step
Double edge lettering - Coin went through edge lettering machine twice
Shifted edge lettering - Edge lettering doesn't line up properly with other coins
Embossed letters - Improperly called "dropped letters" - appearing on edge and surfaces

http://coins.about.com/b/a/000113.htm