Weak struck golden dollar

I know nothing about coin collecting, but I recently found a weakly
struck golden dollar. The only thing on the head of the dollar is her
head. The only thing you can see on the back is part of the eagle.
The coin is thinner than a regular golden dollar, causing the weak
strike. Other than the partial strike on each side, the coin is flat
and has no other edges of any kind. How much could this be worth?

reknib wrote:

I'm not an expert in varieties or errors, but if it is truly lighter,
it's possible it could have been struck on a planchet intended for
another coin. First thing I wold do is get an actual comparable weight
on a gram scale between this coin and a normal SAC. Others will jump
in here with other comments I'm sure. Chances are it's worth keeping
as an interesting anomoly, but not worth a premium amount.

What chu talkin' bout Willis?? .... If that coin is indeed thinner then
normal and if it's a true mint error, someone will pay a hefty price for
it.
As you said, it needs to be weighed and looked at by someone who knows
the minting process. I sent an e-mail to the poster asking for an image.




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Coin Saver wrote:

From: Mike Diamond
From: Andora_Hall
I recently found a weakly struck golden dollar
it could be struck on a planchet that was missing a clad layer

Sacagawea Golden Dollars are not clad.

8-/
Coin Saver

If you start another thread about 'Nekkid Coins' I will have to sleep
with my newly arrived Churchill Crown positioned on my Third Chakra and
report the subsequent lucid dream in detail.

Alan
'put some nickel on, it's cold outside'

Coin Saver wrote:
From: Mike Diamond

From: Andora_Hall
I recently found a weakly struck golden dollar

it could be struck on a planchet that was missing a clad layer

Sacagawea Golden Dollars are not clad.

Yes it is. See
http://www.usmint.gov/Mint_Programs/Golden_Dollar_coin/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=dollar_faq#3.

= Eric

Coin Saver wrote:

From: Mike Diamond
From: Andora_Hall
I recently found a weakly struck golden dollar
it could be struck on a planchet that was missing a clad layer

Sacagawea Golden Dollars are not clad.

8-/
Coin Saver

Uhmmm.... are you serious or kidding Tim? Brass bucks are most certainly
clad. Go fish one out of a box (or where ever you might have one) and
take a close look at the edge. You will see a copper core with the purdy
golden color alloy layers on the obverse and reverse.

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From: Craton
Coin Saver wrote:
Sacagawea Golden Dollars are not clad.

are you serious or kidding Tim? Brass bucks are most certainly clad. Go fish
one out of a box (or where ever you might have one) and take a close look at
the edge.

Ok. All I see is dark brown. All my Unc's are in holders, the others look as
if they were on the ocean floor or something.

If they are clad, I stand corrected, I thought they were solid alloy.

8-(


Coin Saver

ojunk (Coin Saver) wrote in
:

Ok. All I see is dark brown. All my Unc's are in holders, the others
look as if they were on the ocean floor or something.

If they are clad, I stand corrected, I thought they were solid alloy.

Next time you look, look closely. You probably will see a dark brown edge
with half of it being slightly less dark brown around the edge.


Barney