2007 - 2009 Presidential Dollar Coins Edge Lettering

Is it common (or rare?) for the edge lettering to be upside down If you were looking at the presidents face on any $1 coin and turned it to the side?

Here are 5 coins Top 3 are upside down the bottom 2 coins are right side up..all the coins are heads up.




Thanks!

Shrek

 

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Quite common.....

 

Not only is it common....it is how they are made. There is no attention paid to the direction a coin is fed into the edge lettering machine so in theory half will be one way and half will be the other way.

The exception is proof coins where a segmented collar is used to add the lettering to the coins as the coins are struck. Proof coins are supposed to be oriented with the lettering up in relation to the side with the President.

Thanks,
Bill

 

So would that be considered rare or an error if upside down??

 

On a proof coin...pretty scarce.

On a circulation strike...common.

 

There is no "Upside Down".

More like "random" is the direction assigned to orientation.

Except Proofs.

 

Dat Bill, he da man.....:smile

 

thanks for your responses, Sounds like if the gov't didnt pay any attention to how the edging was done on these coins make me think they were doing things kinda half a**.

Have a great weekend...well what's left of it

-Shrek

 

Wait till you pay your income taxes Shrek. Then tell me if the nickle and dimers ain't half A$$'ed. OPPS...I feel and edit comin' on.....