Scope doesn't help much with this one because it is shiny like a BU, but does show the treatment is the same on the field and devices.
this one is probably worth keeping , you may want to send it in to a error expert and get their opinion. I don't know much about the sac dollars because I never did get interested in them.
There is a nice list of things over here: http://www.smalldollars.com/ But none of them seem to be exactly this aMiNal
It would be extremely hard to identify what you have here from just looking at a couple of images of your coin .
I am thinking VIP first strike because of this kind of description: 'These coins represent an entirely different "type" of Sacagawea Golden Dollar. They exhibit a duller satiny finish as opposed to the brighter appearance on circulation strikes. '
Right, I was there back in post 5. Where can we find good photos of this aMiNal to look for die markers?
You can buy the first one slabbed by SEGC on ebay for a cool $3K. http://www.ebay.com/itm/FIRST-SLABB...A-9X-RARER-THAN-GOODACRE-DOLLAR-/271021311886
Technically the seller is a liar anyway, since according to http://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page28.html "At least one 2000-P Sacagawea Dollar found its way into commercial channels early and was encapsulated by ICG on December 21, 1999." Which had to be a VIP since " the official release date was January 1, 2000" this one for sale on ebay checks out back at SEGS as Certification # 20153801 SEGS Coin # 521275 Coin Date: 2000 Coin Mint: P Denomination: SAC$1 Coin Type: SACAGAWEA DOLLAR Variety: VIP FIRST STRIKE Graded as: MS-68 Date Graded: 2001-10-10 Perhaps the first on slabbed by SEGS but not anywhere. I didn't see where he might have qualified his claim, did you?
Nope, the ICG coin was a regular business strike that was found in either a bag of 1999 SBA dollars or state quarter (Probably the SBA's) While the official release date was Jan 1, 2000, the coins had been in production for about a month during 1999.
