WASHINGTON DOLLAR UPSIDE DOWN EDGE LETTERING!

[errorist]

I opened two rolls and found 26 upside down and 24 rightside up lettering. What happened to QC?

[bsshog40]

Get it gear man, it's about a %60-%40 ratio on those things.

[errorist]

WOW are they getting ripped off on ebay!!

[pendragon1998]

I thought it was a 50% / 50% deal. Wonder why it would be 60/40?

[zrlevin]

I found 60/40 the other way... Just random I guess.

[errorist]

Waht went wrong?

[WaxonWaxov]

nothing. just the way they are made.

[Ambassador]

I'll alert the media . Get those babies up on the bay asap . You're sitting on a fortune

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[EZ_E]

I opened two rolls and found 26 upside down and 24 rightside up lettering. What happened to QC?

 

There's a 50/50 chance of either side being fed facing up through the lettering machine since it is all at random.

 

Your odds were 52/48 which is pretty darn close to 50/50.

[errorist]

Oh!! I thought is was all struck at one time??

[Mr Crusher]

I open up 3 rolls and found 41 upside down...

[saen78]

I open up 3 rolls and found 41 upside down...

 

 

Sell them on Ebay look at the money they are bringing.. web page

[WoodenJefferson]

I open up 3 rolls and found 41 upside down...

 

 

Sell them on Ebay look at the money they are bringing.. web page

 

Fools rush in, where wise men never go.

Elvis Presley

[paul1288]

Are these coins error coins?. from everything I read they are not yet I see auctions on ebay selling 5 of the upsidedown error coins for 325.00 WOW. Isnt this fraud?.

Any info on the subject?.

[saen78]

Are these coins error coins?.

 

 

NO

[paul1288]

Then wouldn't sellers listing tham on ebay as error coins be commiting fraud?. And doesnt ebay act on this?. Thanks

[gedis3]

I only have laid hands on 1 of the new coins so far, and it was upside down -- that's 100%!!!!!! I think the ones with the lettering right side up are the error coin!!!!

 

All randomness being even, it's going to end up being 50/50.

 

Flip a coin 10 times, and you might get something other than 50/50 -- flip it 300,000,000 times and it will be real close to 50/50.

 

Find one with nothing on the edge -- then sell it fast before everyone figures out there are 50,000+ of them.

[hoard]

And do not forget that there is about a 99% chance that during the feeding process the coins a flipped, banged, tossed, and tumbled to no better than MS62

[okbustchaser]

Then wouldn't sellers listing tham on ebay as error coins be commiting fraud?.

 

 

No more so than ebay sellers calling a coin an error simply because of a die crack.

Neither are errors...they are merely normal artifacts of the minting process.

 

 

And doesnt ebay act on this?. Thanks

 

No.

[Black00SS]

(Looks at the 45 Washingtons on the table, and the dremel right beside them, and wonders.....)

[DC Dawg]

Oh!! I thought is was all struck at one time??

The edge lettering is added after the coin is struck using a 3-part collar.

 

From the US Mint: "Due to the minting process used on the circulating coins, the edge-incused inscription positions will vary with each coin."

 

Scott

[Dcoin]

I read that the coins are struck THEN tumbled into a different machine to put the edge on. The way the coins land on the second machine is how they are imprinted.

 

AS a side note, in a post ATS, it said that an entire box (100,000+) coins were never sent to this second machine. This created the smooth edges we are seeing today. And probably the reason that the coins look AU out of the roll. Strangely, there was no mention of primates and sandpaper rooms?

[gedis3]

I Strangely, there was no mention of primates and sandpaper rooms?

 

The Chimps were on a union mandated break.

[al_e_gator]

If the US mint would just invest in a little simple automation (i.e.: multiple vision systems) they could ensure that all coins had edge lettering and were struck face up. The cost would be very minimal in comparison.