Coins With Missing Motto--A Way to Make Money?

Here's an amusing piece of information: The United States Mint released into circulation what is believed to be at least 50,000 new George Washington dollar coins that are missing their emblematic inscription of "In God We Trust."

The new coin's design is supposed to have "In God We Trust," "E Pluribus Unum," the year and the mint mark stamped around the edge, but due to a so-called manufacturing mistake several people in Philadelphia (one of the locations where the first coins were made) have already reported the missing motto. And, many such owners have since cashed in on the agency's mistake.

	U.S. Mint Goof Creates 'Godless Dollars'	Associated Press	Wed Mar 7	45
	Rare Coins Put Into Circulation	Associated Content	Thu Mar 8	0