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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 07:40 AM
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Colo. couple find faceless dollar coin


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070314/ap_on_fe_st/faceless_dollar_8;_ylt=AnyP.pmzXixLNzQHsGsbZGJsaMYA

DENVER - Mary and Ray Smith can't make heads or tails of a new presidential dollar coin they found last week. It doesn't have either. A week after the revelation that some of the coins slipped out of the U.S. Mint without "In God We Trust" stamped on the edge, the Smiths said Tuesday they found one with nothing stamped on either flat side.

It does have "In God We Trust" on the edge. What's missing is the image of George Washington on the front and the Statue of Liberty on the back. Instead, the Smiths' coin is just smooth, shiny metal.

"We're just so excited," Mary Smith told The Associated Press. "I'm just dumbfounded that we actually found something significant."

Mint spokesman Michael White said officials had not confirmed the Smiths' find. But Ron Guth, a coin authenticator with Professional Coin Grading Service of Newport Beach, Calif., said after examining it he is certain the coin is authentic.

"It's really pretty rare," Guth said. "It somehow slipped through several steps and inspections."

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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 07:57 AM
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1. They got a pre-release copy of the George W Bush coin.
:D
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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 08:33 AM
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2. In God We Rust?
Edited on Wed Mar-14-07 08:39 AM by emad
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 08:43 AM
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3. HEY! I see Jesus' face in there
Or maybe it's Felix the Cat, either way... I'd Ebay it.
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