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George Washington |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
DOLLARS - PRESIDENTS |
| Item Description: |
$1 (2007) WASHINGTON MISSING EDGE LETTERING |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 66 MINT ERROR |
| Research: |
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Owner Comments
The George Washington Presidential Dollar was released on February 15, 2007 as the first coin of the Presidential Dollar series. The series will feature each President of the United States of America in the order served, at a rate of four new designs per year. The new dollar coins will be issued for circulation and produced in special collector versions by the United States Mint.
George Washington was the former General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. He was then unanimously elected as President. He served two terms as the 1st President of the United States from 1789-1797.
An official launch ceremony for the George Washington Dollars was held at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The ceremony was attended by United States Mint Director Edmund Moy. George Washington imitators greeted some of the City’s commuters in honor of the new coin.
The obverse of the coin features a portrait of President Washington and the reverse features a rendition of the Statue of Liberty that will be used for all Presidential Dollars. The obverse designer/sculptor was Joseph Menna. The reverse designer/sculptor was Don Everhart.
The obverse features inscriptions “George Washington,” “1st President,” and the years of his presidential term “1789-1797.” The reverse inscriptions include “United States of America,” and the denomination “$1.” The date and mint mark are located on the edge inscription of the coin along with the mottoes “In God We Trust” and “E Pluribus Unum.”
Placement of the motto “In God We Trust” on the edge of the coin was a source of controversy. Many people believed that the motto had been omitted from the coins in an attempt to “phase Gold out of America”. There were many calls to boycott the new $1 coins, including a widely distributed email chain letter. The motto, of course, was still present on the edge of the coin. Adding some confusion to the situation, approximately 100,000 George Washington Presidential Dollars were struck in error missing the edge lettering, which meant that they actually did lack the motto. The US Mint would modify their production process to vastly reduce the incidence of this error, and eventually Congress would mandate the placement of “In God We Trust” on the obverse of the coin starting with 2009.
So far the George Washington Presidential Dollar has the highest overall mintage for the series with more than 300 million coins produced for circulation. The Philadelphia mint produced 176,680,000 coins, and the Denver mint produced 163,680,000 coins.
One of the first new error types to surface for the Presidential Dollar series was the “Missing Edge Lettering” Error Coin. This are also sometimes referred to as “Smooth Edge Dollars.”
This error occurs when coins do not reach the second step of the two step minting process. You will recall that the first step strikes the obverse and reverse designs of the coin and the second stage produces the edge lettering.
The error is most commonly found on George Washington Presidential Dollars. An estimated 100,000 to 200,000 were released into circulation. The error occurred less commonly on John Adams Dollars. For the next following issues the error became even less common as the US Mint modified their production procedures
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| Slot: |
John Adams |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
DOLLARS - PRESIDENTS |
| Item Description: |
$1 2007 P JOHN ADAMS DBL.EDG.LET. - INVERTED |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 65 MINT ERROR |
| Research: |
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Owner Comments
John Adams Obverse
Designer: Joel Iskowitz
Sculptor: Charles Vickers
Description: Features an image of John Adams with the inscriptions "John Adams", "2nd President" and "1797 – 1801."
Statue of Liberty Design Reverse
Designer: Don Everhart
Sculptor: Don Everhart
Description: Features a striking rendition of the Statue of Liberty with the inscriptions "United States of America" and "$1."
Edge-Incused Lettering
Description: The new Presidential $1 coins will feature edge-incused inscriptions of the year of minting or issuance, "E Pluribus Unum," "In God We Trust" and the mint mark. Edge-incused inscription positions vary with each coin.
John Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. He graduated from Harvard University to become a lawyer, then represented Massachusetts in both the First and Second Continental Congresses. Adams was one of the first to speak out in favor of independence for the American colonies.
During the Revolution, Adams used his skills as a diplomat to represent the United States government in France and Holland. He helped to convince other countries to support American independence. Then he served eight years as Vice President under George Washington before being elected President himself in 1797.
John Adams was the first President to live in the White House, arriving in Washington on November 1, 1800.
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| Slot: |
John Adams |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
DOLLARS - PRESIDENTS |
| Item Description: |
$1 2007 P JOHN ADAMS DBL.EDG.LET. - OVERLAPPED |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 65 MINT ERROR |
| Research: |
View Coin |
Owner Comments
John Adams Obverse
Designer: Joel Iskowitz
Sculptor: Charles Vickers
Description: Features an image of John Adams with the inscriptions "John Adams", "2nd President" and "1797 – 1801."
Statue of Liberty Design Reverse
Designer: Don Everhart
Sculptor: Don Everhart
Description: Features a striking rendition of the Statue of Liberty with the inscriptions "United States of America" and "$1."
Edge-Incused Lettering
Description: The new Presidential $1 coins will feature edge-incused inscriptions of the year of minting or issuance, "E Pluribus Unum," "In God We Trust" and the mint mark. Edge-incused inscription positions vary with each coin.
John Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. He graduated from Harvard University to become a lawyer, then represented Massachusetts in both the First and Second Continental Congresses. Adams was one of the first to speak out in favor of independence for the American colonies.
During the Revolution, Adams used his skills as a diplomat to represent the United States government in France and Holland. He helped to convince other countries to support American independence. Then he served eight years as Vice President under George Washington before being elected President himself in 1797.
John Adams was the first President to live in the White House, arriving in Washington on November 1, 1800.
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