The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 25, June 24, 2007, Article 23

GODLESS ADAMS DOLLAR COINS FOUND

News reports this week note that some of the new Adams dollar coins
are also missing the edge lettering, an error noted with the Washington
dollars, the first in the series.  Because the edge carries the "In God
We Trust" motto, these have been called the "Godless Dollars":

"It looks like the U.S. Mint has struck again -- or actually, not
struck again.

"New dollar coins featuring John Adams are missing edge inscriptions
including "In God We Trust," according to the Professional Coin
Grading Service, a rare coin authentication company.

"The company said hundreds of Adams dollar coins have been found without
the edge lettering, repeating a mistake the U.S. Mint had aimed to fix
after it marred an earlier batch of presidential dollars.

"But a Detroit collector received smooth-edged Adams dollars in sealed
containers from the Philadelphia Mint. There also are reports of the
opposite problem -- Adams coins with edge lettering that has been
double-struck, said Ron Guth, president of the Newport Beach, Calif.
-based coin service."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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