The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 12, March 25, 2007, Article 6

"GODLESS DOLLARS" BEING FAKED

An Associated Press story based on a Professional Numismatists Guild
(PNG) press release was published this week warning the public that some
of the error dollar coins being offered for sale are fakes.

"A group of experts issued a warning about George Washington dollar
coins altered to look like valuable ones that left the U.S. Mint without
"In God We Trust" on their edges.

"Collectors have reported finding and buying dollar coins that have
had the words filed off their edges so they look like the incorrectly
struck coins, according to the Professional Numismatists Guild. The
ones that are truly mint errors have been selling for $50 or more.

"The fakes "are just alterations that are worth a dollar," said Fred
Weinberg, a coin dealer in Encino, Calif., who is an expert on mint-error
coins. 'It's an easy thing to alter.'"

To read the complete article, see: Full Story

Donn Perlman forwarded the following link to the original PNG Press Release:
PNG Press Release

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) published a detailed report on
the altered coins with some great close-up images. See:
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC)

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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