The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 52, December 23, 2007, Article 4

CORRECTION: NO "V" ON THE REVERSE OF ANY U.S. GOLD COIN

Michael E. Marotta writes: "I will have a review of “100 
Greatest American Medals” in the next issue of the MichMatist. 
While writing that, I came across a curious blunder that 
author Katherine Jaeger made here in The E-sylum. Oddly 
enough, no one caught it. In the September 3, 2006 issue, 
writing on “U.S. Coin Mutilation Laws” Jaeger said: “When 
the Mint issued a nickel design which did not bear the words 
FIVE CENTS on the reverse, but instead employed a Roman 
numeral V just like the one on the $5 gold piece, some 
miscreants plated gold on their nickels and passed them 
as $5 pieces.” Of course, no such V appeared on the reverse 
of any US $5 half eagle gold coin.

U.S. COIN MUTILATION LAWS
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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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