(AP)...PHILADELPHIA - An unknown number of new George Washington dollar coins were mistakenly struck without their edge inscriptions, including "In God We Trust," and are fetching around apiece online. The properly struck dollar coins, bearing the likeness of the nation's first president, are inscribed along the edge with "In God We Trust," "E Pluribus Unum" and the year and mint mark. The error coins made it past inspectors and went into circulation Feb. 15. The U.S. Mint struck 300 million of the coins, which are golden in color and slightly larger and thicker than a quarter. About half were made in Philadelphia and the rest in Denver, but so far the mint has only received reports of error coins coming from the Philadelphia facility, U.S. Mint spokeswoman Becky Bailey said Wednesday. Bailey said it was unknown how many coins lacked the inscriptions. Ron Guth, president of Professional Coin Grading Service, one of the world's largest coin authentication companies, said he believes that at least 50,000 error coins were put in circulation. (BBN Thanks Member "sweetlorraine" for bringing this story to our attention)

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