One of the greatest American symbols - the American dollar, have been presented to the world with a new look. 300 million new George Washington dollar coins were recently struck. About 50,000 proved to be without the edge inscription "In God We Trust". People around the world are arguing whether it was made mistakenly or intentionally. New coins are even considered a disgrace to the country.

The coins were released on February 15, 2007. Most of the dollars were made in Philadelphia and the rest in Denver. So far the error reports come only from Philadelphia. The new coins are colored in gold and are slightly larger and thicker than a quarter.

If a 3.5 percent of a damaged dollar was missing, would the coin be worth 96.5 cents? In case the coin has a clipped planchet error then its value would be much higher, and it would be worth more that a buck.

Two 2007-D Thomas Jefferson dollar coins, which were issued recently, have been certified by the Professional Coin Grading Service. Both Jefferson dollar coins have almost the same location of their 3.5 percent semi-circular planchet

A private collector bought a rare $10 gold coin, minted as a diplomatic gift for United States President Andrew Jackson when he was on his trade missions to Asia. The collector was brave enough to pay $5 million for the rare coin.

Although being dated 1804, the Eagle coin was, in fact, struck later in 1834 at the Philadelphia Mint. It represents one of four specials coins that were able to survive till nowadays.

Both buyer and seller are unknown; they have chosen to remain anonymous. However, David Albanese, who is the president of Albanese Rare Coins and who was the one to hold the sale, mentioned that both collectors are from northeaster part of the United States. He added that the seller and buyer started collecting coins since they were young boys.

Stack's 72nd anniversary auction, which was held in the period between October 16 and 17 in the New York City, was proud to offer an 1894-S Barber dime, which was purchased for $1,552,500.

The sold dime is in fact very rare, one of the rarest coins in the United States, being graded PCGS Proof-64. The data from the US Mint shows that only 24 dimes of this kind were struck. According to Stack's catalogers, today only 10 are known.

One of the most valuable, if not the most valuable, coin is considered to be the 1933 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle. It actually was never officially issued. Still it appeared from 1907 until 1932. Although in 1933 there were 445,500 Double Eagle minted, none were released into circulation because of the changes made in currency laws during the Great Depression.