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Susan's Coins Blog March 2007 Archive

By Susan Headley, About.com Guide to Coins since 2006

Learn How to Detect Fake "Godless" Plain Edge Dollars

Wednesday March 28, 2007
Many people have been asking how to tell if a Presidential Dollar with missing edge lettering is a genuine mint error, or just a buffed off fake (a so-called "Buffy ... Read More

Beware of Embossed Letters Being Sold as "Dropped Letter Errors"

Monday March 26, 2007
Embossed letter O is not "dropped." As we all learn more and more about these fascinating new Presidential Dollars, certain truths are coming to the surface that buyers and sellers need ... Read More

The Difference Between Coin Values and Coin Prices

Friday March 23, 2007
I have noticed a marked increase in the traffic my coin value guides have been getting during the past few weeks. This is a normal upswing when coins make ... Read More

The Sacagawea "Edge Lettering" Hunt Began Tuesday!

Monday March 19, 2007
It seems inevitable. Sooner or later, a Sacagawea Dollar is going to find its way through the edge lettering segment intended only for the new Presidential Dollars. After ... Read More

Strike It Rich With Pocket Change!

Thursday March 15, 2007
With all the interest in error coins recently, I thought this would be a great time to tell you about a fantastic new book about finding valuable error coins right ... Read More

The Faceless Dollar Joins the Growing List of Major Washington Dollar Errors

Wednesday March 14, 2007
It took the Godless Dollars for the mainstream media to take notice of the new Washington Presidential Dollars. Soon we had the Buffy Dollars (fake "missing edge lettering" dollars) ... Read More

D-Mint Plain Edge Dollar Coins Might Be Told Apart From P-Mint Dollars

Sunday March 11, 2007
Leading error coins expert Tom DeLorey has given me a statement regarding the possibility that plain edge Denver Washington Dollars might be able to be told apart from the Philadelphia ... Read More

Presidential Dollars Fraud Report - Beware of "Buffy Dollars" and Upside-Down Edge Inscription "Errors"

Friday March 9, 2007
No sooner had the mass media picked up the story of the "Godless Dollars" than I began getting a slew of emails reporting more eBay fraud. Most of it ... Read More

Godless Dollars Finally Make the Mainstream Media

Wednesday March 7, 2007
Godless Dollars! Imagine that! Just when I thought the coin collecting community had about settled on calling the major Washington Presidential Dollar error coins the "plain edge" Washington ... Read More

Washington Dollar Plain Edge Coins - FAQs

Saturday March 3, 2007
There are a lot of incorrect rumors going around about the plain edge George Washington Presidential Dollars. These are the new golden dollars with no lettering on the edge, ... Read More

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