2007 Washington Errors & other anomalies list:

AskRaq

For those of you who have found smooth edged error coins in the GW dollar rolls, what other interesting anomalies have you come across?

EDGE:
Blank edge
up(side) & down(side) lettering
raised "o" shaped area around the I (n God...)
letter/numbers incused high & low (to include the rim edge)
(200) 7 has a 'candycane stripe' look inside the number
minor chips or dings on the edge/rim area

OBVERSE:
chin crack "whisker" (long & short)
tiny chin bump "mole" (at crack area)
tiny base crack (below chin at base of bust)
tiny hair 'tufts' (top edge of head)
R (in GeoRge) had a bump on end of forward leg
nostril ding in same place on a few
faint die-clash (on neck below left side-burn)
tiny strange double 'lightning bolt' looking mark on neck (or face)
'starburst' (die stress)
'sunburst' (shiny laminate splash error?)
very slightly off-center
tiny red colored (dye?) marks/spots
etched planchet mark (weak strike?)

REVERSE:
filled S cud ("states", first letter and last)
a 'split leg' on the letter F, also 'flat foot' ("of")
die error/cud in left side of crown near head
E 'spear' mark (unitEd)
noticable die clash ("spike", "hook", etc.)
minor "split curl" in hair
"double chin" bump
'speckled' cuds on arm, neck, $1
'starburst' (die stress?)
'sunburst' (shiny laminate splash error?)
many slightly off-center
tiny red colored (dye?) smear
etched planchet marks on both sides of arm (weak strike?)

eyoung429

I think I have the rarest one of them all..

None of what you have listed is on this coin. Maybe I should put it on the bay as the 1st correctly minted $1 GW !!!!!!!!

romero86

Wow!! That's a lot of errors!!

LALASD4

How many of these are out there?

BlackBeard

I have found a few with a cud at the top of the A in states extending to the rim.

Edit: Also found one with an upside down P in the middle of the date on the edge. Only the top of the P, but it's clearly a P.

AskRaq

Lalasd4 -
I found 4 with the die clash that you pictured, (2) obverse & reverse, (2) reverse only, and none were on smooth edged coins.

LALASD4

Those die clashes are tough to spot.

Only auctions with good pictures like this one could someone spot it.

Clash Die on a Starburst Smoothie.

ricko

Seems error plagued - right from inception of the program... Cheers, RickO

AskRaq

From what I've been able to discern regarding the visual anomalies is:

Less common:
Smooth edge - missed the 2nd (incuse) minting step
Starburst - simple die fatigue (every one of the smooth edge coins I found had this)
SUNburst (shiny laminate rays) - struck through
Die clash - (Ob) shows Liberties crown under George's neck, (Rv) shows Georges curls/eyes(?) on the field (ie. extra spike in crown, hook on $1, etc.)

More common:
(die) cuds & cracks

SUMORADA

clad missing on reverse and it's a "smoothie" too!









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tahoe98

just when you heard all about the prez errors then comes this:

there MAY exist two more interesting examples! according to CW april 2 edition the mint is looking into the claim that a backword edge lettered example may be out there. also there may be an edge letter example with a blank obverse and reverse. the mint police are on it!!

tahoe98

OffCenter

<< <i>just when you heard all about the prez errors then comes this:

there MAY exist two more interesting examples! according to CW april 2 edition the mint is looking into the claim that a backword edge lettered example may be out there. also there may be an edge letter example with a blank obverse and reverse. the mint police are on it!!

tahoe98

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There is indeed a blank obv./rev. with edge lettering out there. PCGS certified one so far. More will probably show as it is just missing one of the steps of the minting process.

jenners

I have several sunburst smoothies, and probably alot more errors but am relativly new to this and uunsure what to look for, is the pcgs grading these as actual errors? And does it state that they are double error coins?

CheeseGuy

The rarest error would be a dollar coin that actually circulated for more than one transaction

AskRaq

<< <i>I have several sunburst smoothies, and probably alot more errors but am relativly new to this and uunsure what to look for, is the pcgs grading these as actual errors? And does it state that they are double error coins? >>



Hi Jenners! I live "down the street" from you (Sarasota)... and no, it doesn't seem that any error is being specified any longer other than "Missing Lettering" (Although PCGS was originally designating the Struck Thru "Sunburst" earlier).
But it seems the longer we wait & watch the more errors & variety show up on eBay (whether all are genuine, who knows?!)
Recently there have been big bucks spent on "Sintered" coins, and "unburnished" ones popping up too... and an assortment of clipped(?) coins.

After all the coins have been searched, and the fraudsters move on to something else, maybe we'll see some other graded error designations? I don't know...

But Congrats!! (BTW - if you search my username for threads, you can locate the one about case dates, inspector numbers & lucky finds if you want to add your info.)

Texast

It seems the real challenge will be to find a few decent GW's to put in a collection, I have two rolls of nothing but die clashes that are worth a dollar apiece, the challenge is finding an MS69 or MS70, that will be the rare one.

pf70collector

The double lettered incused edge reported in NN that went for around $1800.

AskRaq

I have seen the off-center strike being designated on a slab, but off-hand I don't recall which one?

(My first 4 bank rolls were ALL very off-center, so I thought that was the design... didn't know until after I'd spent them all and gotten more rolls that weren't...LOL)