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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1733801, member: 15929&quot;]This was in response to ignorance over what direction the lettering should be. Read this page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/News/Pcgs-To-Recognize-Orientation-Of-Edge-Lettering-On-Presidential-Dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/News/Pcgs-To-Recognize-Orientation-Of-Edge-Lettering-On-Presidential-Dollar" rel="nofollow">PCGS Announcement</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind that edge lettering on coins had not occurred for nearly 100 years which is well beyond the memories of most folks. Heck, some people today don&#039;t know that half dollars were ever made!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, back when these coins first started appearing, there was a group of ignorant (or really really smart scammers) that were selling the different orientation coins as US Mint Errors or &quot;Upside Down Edge Lettering Errors&quot;. They were receiving some hefty premiums until it was understood that the lettering on the edges was determined by random chance and that either orientation was correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>Throw the missing edge lettering Washingtons into the mix and eBay was literally ALIVE with folks spending money on the so called &quot;upside down edge lettering&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>eBay went so far as to automatically delete any listing that stated the words &quot;upside down edge lettering&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make a long story short, at the time, there was a need and as PCGS stated in their announcement, the different orientations are in fact different varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you or anybody else doesn&#039;t want to collect each Position A and Position B, that&#039;s the collectors prerogative.</p><p><br /></p><p>I expect that when these coins become used in everyday commerce, then perhaps interest will pick up once again. But that doesn&#039;t have anything to do with the subject unless you address the edge lettering as a collectible variety.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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