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A truly uncommon 65 Kennedy.

DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
I've looked for this coin hard for 5 years, and enlisted the help of lots of friends. It goes in the permanent collection. Any rotated dies 65 is difficult, but one this large is sort of special to me. I'm probably the only one in the free world who wanted to own this coin, but today, I'm a happy camper. A special thank you to a friend who told me to shut up and pay the seller. image

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations! My only regret is that I didn't find one first so I could sell it to you. image

    Russ, NCNE
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    I've never heard of such a thing. Congratulations!

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,705 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice hunt and purchase.

    I would have charged you more than Russ by saying it was a rotated OBVERSE.image

    Joe
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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
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    Joe, it is if you hold it right. image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Don...did I ever tell you that your collecting habits are as weird as mine. image Nice find.
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Very Cool!!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mine's better:

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    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Seriously, congrats on a great coin! I know what it's like to search for a coveted piece for years & years! Enjoy! image

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • joefrojoefro Posts: 1,872 ✭✭


    << <i>Mines better:

    image >>



    Oh burn!! I didn't think they would actually be precise enough to put 151 degrees but I guess so.
    Does the fact that the serial number is only one later mean these were slabbed one right after the other? Or is the second a photoshopped image of the first one? (Same year, grade..etc)
    Lincoln Cent & Libertad Collector
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Or is the second a photoshopped image of the first one? >>



    Yes. Just a little numismatic humor. image

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
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    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,998 ✭✭✭✭✭
    DHeath,
    Very nice error. That's cool.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is a very tough coin. It was reported many years ago but in the 1500+ sets
    I've looked at since there have been none.

    There's a rotation on some '88-P halfs in mint sets, too. This one's much easier at
    about one in one hundred and eighty.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,768 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Do I find roated dies exciting?

    I'll take the 5th Ammendment. image
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Bill, they aren't for everybody. image Very common in all but very modern stuff, but I like'em because they are dramatic and visible to the naked eye.
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • mnmcoinmnmcoin Posts: 2,165
    Very neat coin, I got a 2c piece with about a 178 degree rotated reverse...and I was just as excited. I was going to send it to anacs as I thought they were the only service that would designate it as such.

    morris <><
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,768 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rotated dies on a Two Cent Piece are pretty common unless you are going to start collecting by degrees of rotation for the same date and die variety.

    Lots of 18th and 19th century coins are struck with rotated dies. That's why they don't turn me on very much.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • mnmcoinmnmcoin Posts: 2,165
    I knew alot of them came rotated, just not as much as mine...almost medal aligned, I thought was pretty cool.

    morris <><
    "Repent, for the kindom of heaven is at hand."
    ** I would take a shack on the Rock over a castle in the sand !! **
    Don't take life so seriously...nobody gets out alive.

    ALL VALLEY COIN AND JEWELRY
    28480 B OLD TOWN FRONT ST
    TEMECULA, CA 92590
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,768 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yea a full medal turn rotation can be cool, but still I wouldn't pay a premium for it. Rotated dies in Two Cent Pieces are just too common.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Morris,

    Coneca (Dr.Wiles) currently lists only one rotated dies 65 half (110 degrees), and describes it as a URS-1. RotatedDies is aware of two pieces, the 110 listed by Coneca and a single 180. They call it an R-6 (all 65's combined). My guess is that there were a small number of rotated 65's, but still more than the services are aware of. Two years ago I bought a 67 (still unreported to Coneca). Now, if I can lay my hands on a 66. image I've never seen one of them either. image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • Just out of curiosity......What is the premium on something like this?
    Everything I write is my opinion.

    Looking for alot of crap.

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