Golden Dollar Blank Planchet Question

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Are there any Blank Planchets with a lettered edge that have been graded?

Givaudan

“Missing Edge Lettering” errors don't exist on blank planchets — the lettering step happens after striking.

DesertCoin

@pocketpiececommems said:
Are there any Blank Planchets with a lettered edge that have been graded?

Interesting thought, not sure.

Sapyx

That's what the OP was asking - are there any (slab-verified) occasions where a blank planchet has skipped the actual striking, and gone straight through to edge-lettering?

It's not technically impossible for a planchet to fall straight through the press without being struck. After all, an extreme off-centre coin is where this has almost, but not quite, happened. In effect, an edge-letterd blank is a "100% off-centre" error.

And the answer to the OP's question is "yes". This website has pics of two of them, one in a PCGS slab and one in an NGC slab: https://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page39.html

PCGS certificate number 03860794 verified as being a 2007-D dollar "Blank w/Edge Lettering" : https://www.pcgs.com/cert/03860794

At the time, knowing that such an error was technically possible, PCGS offered a reward for the first person to get one of these slabbed by them. That PCGS-slabbed coin shown in the smalldollars.com link won that prize.

FredWeinberg

There are at least two – maybe three pieces known

pocketpiececommems

@Sapyx said:
That's what the OP was asking - are there any (slab-verified) occasions where a blank planchet has skipped the actual striking, and gone straight through to edge-lettering?

It's not technically impossible for a planchet to fall straight through the press without being struck. After all, an extreme off-centre coin is where this has almost, but not quite, happened. In effect, an edge-letterd blank is a "100% off-centre" error.

And the answer to the OP's question is "yes". This website has pics of two of them, one in a PCGS slab and one in an NGC slab: https://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page39.html

PCGS certificate number 03860794 verified as being a 2007-D dollar "Blank w/Edge Lettering" : https://www.pcgs.com/cert/03860794

At the time, knowing that such an error was technically possible, PCGS offered a reward for the first person to get one of these slabbed by them. That PCGS-slabbed coin shown in the smalldollars.com link won that prize.

Thanks for this information