Coin Question?

Question

My mom has a mini collection of 1$ coins. All of the coins have a woman in the front and an eagle in the back. The coins are like brownish yellow. Out of all these coins,however, my mom has a coin thats different from the rest. It's a 1$ coin with John Adams in front and the Statue of Liberty in the back.. Around the coin it says:

"E pluribus Unum - In God we trust . 2007 - D"

I think the coin is only worth 1$ but she insists to ask someone about it because she heard on the news of coins that have writing around them are are very rare. The coin is also a different color from the rest, it's a golden color and it doesn't seem worn out like the rest.

So how much is it worth?

Answer 1

Most of what you have are the Sacajawea $1 coins that were first issued in 2000. The John Adams coin is the second coin in the Presidential $1 coin series, which began in early 2007 with the George Washington $1 coin. Four different coins in this series each year, with the Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, and Madison coins being issued in 2007 and the Monroe and John Quincy Adams coins having been issued thus far in 2008.

On all of these coins, the lettering on the edge as you describe it is normal. A few of the Washington coins were issued with no edge lettering, which may be what you are thinking of.

The regular Adams coins are only worth face value.