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I Brought A John Tyler Presidential Dollar Coin Roll

I just got a roll of the Presidential John Tyler Dollar Coin.  The coin was was designed and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill.

A total of 87,080,000 John Tyler Presidential Dollars  were produced by the United States Mint. This amount was divided equally between the Philadelphia and Denver facilities. This is a very low mintage. I am finding out that when there is a lower mintage it can mean increased value in the future for collectors.

I plan to share some of them in a workshop as a bonus prize. Here is an article about this really nice coin which is 10th in the Presidential series.

Now, I confess, I am looking for errors. Most of the errors are being reported on the edges where there is lettering. Allow me to explain. The Presidential coins have writing on the edge. When some of the writing is missing or there are spacing differences or NO WRITING at all they are considered coin errors.

For example, on some of the coins the motto “In God We Trust, the date and the words “E Pluribus Unum should appear. A small number of the Washington Presidential coins are missing the writing. In some cases, some coins are missing other words.

I have found a great site that focuses on Presidential coins. They have a category for Presidential coin errors.

I think I just might open my roll. Don’t yell at me you seasoned collectors out there. I am discovering that I am half collector and half error coin adventurer.

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Can’t Find The Mint Mark?-Dollar Coins and Gold Pieces

Finally here are the locations for the mint marks on dollar coins.

Anthony Dollar= (1979-1981)-Look above Susan B. Anthony’s right shoulder.

Einsenhower dollar (1971-1978)-Look Below Dewight D. Einsenhower’s neck

Peach silver dollar (1921-1935) Look on the reverse, below the word ONE

Morgan silver dollar(1871-1921) Look below the wreath

Saint-Gaudens $20 gold piece 1007-1933) Look above the date

Liberty Head $20 gold piece (1650-1907) Look below the eagle

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Thursday, May 7th, 2009 dollar coins, gold No Comments