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first two rolls produced nothing
unusual, however, the Madison roll,
which Nadine opened, held the error
coin. She instantly recognized that
the coin not only had ‘funny writing’
but also ‘a funny color’. When Carol
saw the coin she said, “We started
jumping and yelling and it was
great.”
The presidential series coin is made
from a composition of 88.5% copper,
6 % zinc, 3.5 % manganese and 2 %
nickel and while it does not give the
appearance of being a clad coin, it is
with three layers. If you look at the
photo provided, even though it is
black and white, you can see the difference
from the obverse to the
reverse. The obverse, which is missing
the clad layer, is a much more
copper color than the reverse which
is more bronze like in color. The specific
weight of the presidential dollar
coin is 8.1 grams; this error coin,
with the missing clad, weighed in at 6
grams, which would account for the
weakness in the obverse lettering and
the overall thinness of the coin itself.
Of all the error types found in the
presidential series, the missing clad
layer appears to be one of the rarer
type errors. This may be the only
Madison dollar coin found without a
clad layer which would make it
unique. To my knowledge, a Washington
dollar coin is the only other one
found with a missing clad layer.
We at CONECA wish to congratulate
Nadine, who just turned 12 years old,
on her valuable find. We hope that
this discovery will further her interest
in error coins. To help further her
education, the Board of Directors at
CONECA has given her an honorary
membership in our organization for
one year, which includes a subscription
to Errorscope.
It is wonderful to see parents, such as
Kenneth Russell and now Carol Hall,
sharing this hobby with their children.
As I have pointed out before, we
are in need of more youths in this
great hobby of coin collecting.
Presently, we have 23 YN members in
CONECA which seems woefully few.
Recently, Jeanie Neff sponsored two
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youths from our local coin club that
she felt held more than a passing
interest in numismatics. Do you know
any youths like this who do show a
desire in coin collecting? Maybe you
can sponsor one or two for a year?
In closing, I do want to thank Carol
Hall for giving me permission to do
this story and also to congratulate her
as well for helping Nadine to understand
the nuances of error and variety
coin collecting. Parents such as she
deserve credit, for without her sharing
the knowledge with her daughter,
this important error coin may never
have been found.
The clad layer is missing from the obverse face of this James Madison dollar coin found by
Nadine Hall.