2013 Sacagawea Dollar Error List with Pictures

An extra set of words around the edge helped one 2013-P dollar sell for $315 in November 2019. Its wolf, turkey, and turtle design identifies the Delaware Treaty issue.

The two 2013 Sacagawea dollar errors below concern weak lettering and overlapping lettering, with estimated values of $25–$750. The 1778 in the back design marks the treaty year; the coin’s actual date is on the edge.

Compare the surviving strokes using the steps below.

2013 Sacagawea Dollar Weak Edge Lettering

The edge words can become faint even when the faces are well struck. On ordinary dollars, edge lettering is a separate production step.

Poor contact during that step can leave shallow numbers or letters. Some strokes may look incomplete while neighboring parts remain easier to read.

PCGS lists the 2013-P Position A weak-edge variety. Position A only describes which way the inscription reads relative to the coin’s faces.

It does not create the error by itself. A dollar with faint letters must also be separated from one whose edge was worn down or polished after minting.

Estimated Value

For confirmed weak lettering, estimate $25–$300, depending on the extent of the weakness and preservation. A coin with original surfaces and a clear change in letter depth makes the feature easier to show.

For comparison, the PCGS guide places 2012-P weak-edge examples from about $40 to $285 across several unworn grades. Those are guide values for a different year, not a 2013 auction result.

Ordinary small variations in depth deserve no automatic premium.

How to Identify

Compare two ordinary Delaware Treaty dollars under the same light, keeping their edge words facing the same way. This reduces the chance that glare or a normal reading-direction difference will look like weak lettering.

Use magnification to check the depth of complete strokes as well as the apparently missing portions. A real shallow groove may remain visible after the light is moved.

Record the 2013 date and P when readable, then inspect the areas beside the faint letters for polishing or abrasion. Wear that has rounded the whole edge is a different explanation from weak contact during lettering.

Photograph the transition from clear strokes to shallow ones rather than only an isolated blank-looking patch.

 

2013 Sacagawea Dollar Overlapping Edge Lettering

Two sets of edge words can overlap when an ordinary dollar passes through the lettering operation twice. The second pass places another inscription over or beside the first.

This is separate from doubling on the flat faces. The repeated marks here are cut into the narrow edge.

GreatCollections records a 2013-P Position B example graded PCGS MS66, an unworn coin with few marks. PCGS also lists overlapping lettering with Position A.

The two positions describe different reading directions relative to the faces. Within an overlapping example, the repeated inscriptions run in the same direction.

Estimated Value

Estimate $75–$750 for clearly identified overlapping edge lettering, with readable repetition and few marks favoring the upper end. GreatCollections records the Position B MS66 example at $315, with its sale listed in November 2019.

The PCGS guide also lists $350 for an unworn Position B overlap example. A guide figure is not another auction result.

Those comparisons price the complete coin and its repeated inscription, not each duplicated letter separately.

How to Identify

Choose an edge word you can read and follow one set of letters from beginning to end. Then locate the second set and trace its spacing separately.

Both runs should read in the same direction for an overlapping example. A single word seen upside down after flipping the dollar is normal orientation, not a second inscription.

Look at the stars and date as additional places to follow the offset. Do not count ordinary dents as repeated stars.

Use photographs that cover the full circumference with overlapping views. Keep the coin steady so the two runs remain easy to track.

Check the Delaware Treaty design on the back and the readable P. These details distinguish the 2013 Native American coin from a Presidential dollar with similar edge wording.

 

Conclusion

Weak strokes and two overlapping inscriptions call for different comparisons within the estimated $25–$750 range. The recorded $315 sale concerns a Position B dollar with actual repeated edge lettering.

On your coin, follow each word rather than relying on one crowded-looking mark. Keep the wolf, turkey, and turtle design with the edge photographs to establish the issue.

Normal Position A or B lettering and the historical 1778 inscription are not mint errors.