Coins circulating without `In God We Trust'
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Coins circulating without `In God We Trust'
U.S. Mint admits to the goof with the new George Washington dollar
Godless Dollars
PHILADELPHIA - An unknown number of new George Washington dollar coins
were mistakenly struck without their edge inscriptions, including "In
God We Trust," and are fetching around $50 apiece online.
The properly struck dollar coins, bearing the likeness of the nation's
first president, are inscribed along the edge with "In God We Trust,"
"E Pluribus Unum" and the year and mint mark. The flawed coins made it
past inspectors and went into circulation Feb. 15.
The U.S. Mint struck 300 million of the coins, which are golden in
color and slightly larger and thicker than a quarter.
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About half were made in Philadelphia and the rest in Denver. So far
the mint has only received reports of error coins coming from
Philadelphia, mint spokeswoman Becky Bailey said.
Bailey said it was unknown how many coins lacked the inscriptions. Ron
Guth, president of Professional Coin Grading Service, one of the
world's largest coin authentication companies, said he believes that
at least 50,000 error coins were put in circulation.
"The first one sold for $600 before everyone knew how common they
actually were," he said. "They're going for around $40 to $60 on eBay
now, and they'll probably settle in the $50 range."
Production of the presidential dollar entails a "new, complex,
high-volume manufacturing system" that the mint will adjust to
eliminate any future defects, the mint said in a statement.
"We take this matter seriously. We also consider quality control a
high priority. The agency is looking into the matter to determine a
possible cause in the manufacturing process," the statement said.
Guth said it appeared from the roughly 50 smooth-edge dollars he has
authenticated that the problem had to do with quality control rather
than a mechanical error.
"These coins are struck like normal coins, then they go through
another machine that adds edge lettering in another process. These
apparently skipped that process," he said. "We've seen a couple of
instances where the edge lettering may be weak or indistinct, but
we're not talking about that here."
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