The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 11, March 18, 2007, Article 10

MORE ON THE EDGELESS, GODLESS DOLLARS

A press report last week regarding the new U.S. Presidential dollar 
coins with missing edge inscriptions stated that "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."

Tom DeLorey writes: "I have seen plain edge Washington dollars that 
came out of Denver Mint rolls, though the point is rather academic as 
the mint mark is missing along with the rest of the edge inscription. 
There is an unprovable way of telling them apart, but it really does 
not matter."

Donn Pearlman writes: "Last week you mentioned the Reuters news 
service story about the mis-struck Presidential dollars and the story's 
incorrect spelling, "dye," instead of "die." I became aware of that 
story about four hours after its initial distribution and I immediately 
phoned the Reuters newsroom in New York City to politely point out the 
word referring to coinage production is spelled 'd-i-e'. Reuters 
subsequently did send a "write through," a corrected version.

"The earlier, widely-distributed Associated Press story that quoted 
Professional Coin Grading Service President, Ron Guth, about the 
missing edge-lettering on the dollar coins is something that PCGS and 
I worked on for several days with AP reporters in Los Angeles and 
Philadelphia. At one point, more than 370 news media web sites had 
the AP story posted online!" 

Regarding the item about popular opinion of the coin, James Higby 
writes: "In response to Dick Austin's claim that LIBERTY has appeared 
on all our coins since the beginning, it is observable that the word 
does not appear on the flying eagle cent, the two-cent piece, the 
silver trime, or the shield nickel."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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