Expert: PAPAJACK - 1/27/2008

Question
Hello,

I have a $25 roll of John Adams Dollar coins. On the top you can see the front of the coin (John Adams). At the bottom of the roll where I should be able to see the back of the dollar coin, I have a blank coin. It's not printed at all. Is this roll more valuable because of the misprint?

Answer
Hello Sebastian,                                

Just a side note that the coin rolling machines do not put all the coins face-up or tails side up when they are rolled. So you would not nessessaraly find a tilas on the bottom of a roll that has the heads side showing on the opposite end.

The value would be in the coin its self not the roll that contained it.
There may be a collector out there that would pay a small premium if you had an unopened roll from the mint but without seeing the defective coin they would be taking a chance.
Until you open the roll you do not really know for sure if the whole coin is blank or not.

A blank Planchet Error is common and would be worth more if it was partially struck.
I am not an error collector but I have seen blank for the Sacagawea dollar selling from $15 to $30 dollars.
I hope this information helps.

Good Luck

PapaJack