![]() The logical question, then, is, "if we can tell them apart, how come the grading services are slabbing them all as generics?" The answer is that the Denver coins display a minor secondary error of their own, in that the copper clad layer is supposed to show. You can see the copper core between the clad layers in the Philly specimen, but the Denver specimen shows an edge that is about the same color as the obverse and reverse. There is a big color difference between the plain edge coins from the Philadelphia Mint (upper coin) and the Denver Mint (lower coin). Who could ever have guessed how big this would become? Is this normal for these coins? Love your site and thanks for all the help." 2, 2007, said, "We received the new Washington dollars from the Fed in Jacksonville, and about a third of them have lettering on the rim that is right side up, 1/3 have it upside down, and 1/3 have none at all. An email from a central (bank) vault manager named Heather on Feb. ![]() However, nearly two weeks before Chicago Ron's auction began, there were already harbingers of things to come. 15, 2007 (the first day the Washington dollars were sold to the public). Ron posted it on eBay around 10 pm on Feb. This photo isn't the best in the world, but it's a historically important one to those interested in Washington Presidential Dollar error coins: It is the first plain-edge dollar to be listed on eBay! Ironically (since most of the frenzy would take place in Florida), this first known publicly sold specimen was found in the Chicago area from Denver Mint coins by "Chicago Ron" Guinazzo.
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