No more circulation-quality 2007 Sacagawea dollars were produced after February at any Mint facility.īeginning with Presidential dollar production in 2008, the application of the edge lettering was integrated as the final step in the production process. The timing of the strikes suggests that the error Sacagawea dollar was edge lettered and released into circulation along with the John Adams dollars. The Philadelphia Mint followed a week later with 2007-P Sacagawea dollar output.īoth coin production facilities began striking 2007 John Adams Presidential dollars on Feb.

The Denver Mint began striking 2007-D Sacagawea dollars on Feb. For example, a Denver Mint employee could have found the coin lying on the press-room floor, picked it up and tossed it in with the look-alike Presidential dollars awaiting transport to the edge inscription station.ĭuring the 2007 inaugural year for Presidential dollars, imparting the incuse edge details was a separate operation physically removed from the main production floor and the coinage presses on which the coins were struck. Design confusionĬoins of differing designs can become comingled in several ways. Grading service officials announced Moores’ find in a Nov. Coins Message Boards where collectors were discussing PCGS’s reward.

Moores indicated he likely carried the coin in his pocket for two weeks before a friend alerted him to the PCGS U.S. The 2007-D Sacagawea dollar with Presidential dollar edge lettering was discovered by Moores in early November 2007.

GreatCollections President Ian Russell said the coin was sold to a private and advanced collector who found out about the coin by reading the article about the auction published in the July 9 issue of Coin World. GreatCollections officials would not disclose if Moores had consigned his find to the July 15 auction or if he had parted with it in a private transaction sometime after its certification by PCGS. Moores received his $10,000 reward and was able to keep the discovery piece. Moores’ discovery is still the only known 2007-D Sacagawea dollar bearing the edge device intended strictly for Presidential dollars. The 2007-D Sacagawea dollar should have a plain edge, but instead it bears the Presidential dollar inscription of date, Mint mark, and mottoes E PLURIBUS UNUM and IN GOD WE TRUST.

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