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Presidential dollars: one president per coin, still a dollar
2007–2016 (and a few later) Presidential dollars. Manganese brass. Edge lettering. Common dates are face. Missing-edge errors are a real variety, not every scraped rim.
Presidential dollars ran 2007–2016 for circulation and collector sets, with a few later issues. Each coin is a president. Same manganese-brass family as the Sacagawea dollar. Not gold. Not silver.
Date, motto, and E Pluribus Unum are on the edge. That is the type. Mottos. Modern dollars.
Missing edge lettering
A true plain-edge Presidential dollar from the first year is a listed variety. A coin that spent ten years in a cup with the edge worn shiny is not. Look before you celebrate. Error hype. Loupe.
What a shop pays
Circulation pieces: face, counted. Proofs in boxes: a product. Native American dollars (the Sacagawea-sized coins with changing reverses after 2009) are the same metal conversation.
Do not bring a coffee can of “gold dollars” and expect melt. Face-value jars.
Continue in the coin and money library. Related visitor guides: for shop visitors.