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• The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 12, March 25, 2007, Article 6
  

  "GODLESS DOLLARS" BEING FAKED
  

  An Associated Press story based on a Professional Numismatists Guild
  (PNG) press release was published this week warning the public that some
  of the error dollar coins being offered for sale are fakes.
  

  "A group of experts issued a warning about George Washington dollar
  coins altered to look like valuable ones that left the U.S. Mint without
  "In God We Trust" on their edges.
  

  "Collectors have reported finding and buying dollar coins that have
  had the words filed off their edges so they look like the incorrectly
  struck coins, according to the Professional Numismatists Guild. The
  ones that are truly mint errors have been selling for $50 or more.
  

  "The fakes "are just alterations that are worth a dollar," said Fred
  Weinberg, a coin dealer in Encino, Calif., who is an expert on mint-error
  coins. 'It's an easy thing to alter.'"
  

  To read the complete article, see: Full Story
  

  Donn Perlman forwarded the following link to the original PNG Press Release:
  PNG Press Release
  

  Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) published a detailed report on
  the altered coins with some great close-up images. See:
  Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC)
  

Source URL

• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n12a06.html

Date published

• 2007-03-25

Volume

• 10

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