Hi all. Just wondering if your presidential proof coins have very little inscription around the edges. My Washington proof has practically none and has the same unfinished edge as an uncirculated smooth edge error. None of the rims are finished off. They have the two tone color with the copper stripe. Thanks for your help and input!
On my proof coins you can see that the edge lettering is there, but it's very hard to read. I'm not sure how much the lens is responsible for that. CoinWorld (July 16th) reports that the Mint is "witholding details" of the edges of proof presidential dollar coins which are textured. According to the article, rather than being added to the coin after the obverse and reverse are struck, on proofs, the edge is struck at the same time using a 3-part die. Unlike the circulation and uncirculated strikes, the orientation of the edge lettering is the same for all proof strikes.
We have some Washington "P" coins where the outer edge inscription is struck upside down. We also have some John Adams coins "P" mint the inscription is struck upside down. When looking at the heads up side of the coin, the inscription on the outer edge is upside down. Any word on this? It has to be a strike error, because the rest of our coins are heads up and inscription up. What do you all think? Does anyone know if there has been an added value placed on these coins? Thanks for any thoughts.
There have been dozens of threads in this forum, hundreds of threads all over the internet, and dozens of coin newspaper and magazine articles discussing the fact that there is no right or wrong orientation for the edge lettering. The coins are randomly fed into the edge lettering machine after the obverse/reverse stamping, so statistically there will be an even split of edges facing "up" or "down". Some people consider them varieties, but they are not errors !
Presidential coin edging My husband is the coin collector. I am the "computer operator". He told me to get on the web somewhere and find out how much the coins were worth because he thought they were errors. I just can't wait to tell him they are all the same. He is going to love this news. Thanks so much for the information. Can you refer me to some sites where you may have seen this info so that I can "prove" to him that he has regular coins here? Thanks so much.!!
This got somewhat off topic. The proof coins have a S mint mark and there is only one way for the inscription on the edge to be printed.
Meeeandu, is this impression of the edge from looking at it in the case or have you removed the coins from the case?
