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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1323932, member: 24633&quot;]Welcome to the neighborhood!</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, the 55 Doubled Die and the 37 Buff are considered varieties rather than errors although there are some people who might disagree that the Buff should be considered a variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have to realize that the edge lettering process is a separate stage in production which is supposed to take place after the coin has been struck. However, if some Mint employee accidentally bypassed the edge lettering machine with a bin full of these &quot;unfinished&quot; coins, tens of thousands would go into circulation without the lettering.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many errors that are much scarcer than the Prez dollars missing the edge lettering. I have a 2001-D Kennedy half dollar that is missing the reverse clad layer, and it is one of only two known to exist for that date/mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a 2005-S KS Silver PF SQ that has a die gouge on the hind quarters of the buffalo. It is one of only 12 known to exist. It was bad enough that no one at the Mint noticed that the die had been damaged BEFORE the frost was applied, but you would think that none of these coins should have escaped undetected from the Mint because each of the proof coins are processed by hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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