ON SEGMENTED COLLARS

The Proof President dollars have been made with segmented collars since they began in 2007 and the NA dollars since 2009. If you examine the edges of the coins you can see the vertical lines on the edge that separate the edge segments (As you can also see on the Saint-Gaudens eagles and double eagles.)

There are three segments to each collar, one with the date and mintmark, one with E PLURIBUS UNUM, and the last with IN GOD WE TRUST in 2007 and 2008, and 13 stars since 2009. (There is also a small difference between the 2007 and 2008 edges with the addition of two pellets on the edge, on the business strike edges. I do not know if they made that addition on the proof collars.)

Initially the three segments were all the same with the exception of the inscriptions. But this led to a problem in 2007 when two of the segments on one of the presses striking proof Jefferson dollars were swapped so instead of 2007 S E PLURIBUS UNUM IN GOD WE TRUST, it reads 2007 S IN GOD WE TRUST E PLURIBUS UNUM. A small number of these proof were made and got out. The shape of the edge segments were then altered so that it was no longer possible to install them in the wrong order.

For some reason these proof errors never got much press and I think most collectors don't even know they exist.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: APRIL 28, 2013: Are Proof Dollars Made With Segmented Collars? (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n17a08.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: BOOK REVIEW: FROM MINE TO MINT (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n17a06.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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