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U.S. Mint Goof Creates 'Godless Dollars'
The Washington dollars are the first in a series of presidential coins slated to run until 2016. After Washington, the presidents to be honored on dollar coins this year will be John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
The 215-year-old Philadelphia mint, located downtown on Independence Mall, employs about 500 people and last year produced about 7.8 billion coins. The overwhelming majority of error coins are caught by inspectors and melted down.
  In this undated photo released by Professional Coin Grading Service, a George Washington dollar coin missing the edge inscription is shown. An unknown number of new George Washington dollar coins were struck without their edge inscriptions, including "In God We Trust," and made it past inspectors and into circulation, the U.S. Mint said Wednesday, March 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Professional Coin Grading Service) (AP) Partnership
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• Bailey said the striking of the Adams coin, expected to roll out in mid-May, will proceed as planned.
"We are adjusting the manufacturing process to try to eliminate the problems," she said.
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