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Question about Washington dollar edge lettering...
evilclay
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Ok, real quick. Is there an "upside down" and "rightside up" way the edge lettering should be on the GW dollars?? Saw somewhere that the edge lettering should be readable if the washington face is up. If it is upside down then this is "error lettering". Anyone know? Thanks- Clay
Hey, Im new at this so cut me some slack!!
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I remember having a Belgian 5-franc piece (a dollar-sized silver coin, 1870, I think it was), and when I looked it up in the Krause catalog, I saw two sets of values, one for "Pos A" and one for "Pos B". With no explanatory note. (Typical of Krause). One variety was significantly more valuable than the other.
I later found out that these cryptic abbreviations stood for "Position A" and "Position B", and referred to the alignment of the edge lettering. One was "upside down" in relation to the obverse, and therefore was worth the premium.
I suppose such a thing is also possible with the new Presidential dollars, and I would imagine "upside down" edge lettering might be worth a premium one day if it turns out to be scarce.
(Edit: if it is random, as suggested by the previous post that came in while I was typing, then I guess it won't be worth a premium. But it's an interesting question, and it adds variety. One wonders if folks will start collecting these with varying edge-letter alignments.)
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.