Clean 73 slight die rotation.
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So, I have been reading up on all the amazing coins everyone has on here... Some are absolutely stunning and I would love to have them in my collection!! Others, are so far out of my ability to own, I can only dream about them! So, I was kind of skeptical to put this one I recently found on here... I figure it would be so BLAH to most, why bother... Ya know?!
But, I'm curious to what the experts think about it... So, here it is...
I found this looking thru a friends change he was going to turn into the coin star type machine at the bank... It look super nice for a 73, so I put it aside for my keepers.... I only noticed the rotation after I put it in the 2x2... My question is how much rotation would be considered an actual error? I would figure there is some "gray area" that is allowed to still be "error free"....
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http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/RotatedDies.html
The U.S. Mint allows for an error margin of less
than 8 degrees. Rotated die errors are usually not
collectible unless they are at least 15 degrees.
Rotated die errors are most valuable after 90
degrees with 180 degrees being the most
valuable.
Yes... as @Jcld has said, rotation really needs to be radical to be of collector value...Yours is minor, but interesting, and I would retain it as a teaching piece. Cheers, RickO
That wording on the Linc Cent Resource Guide
is incorrect, in my opinion.
When I did floor tours of the Mint, there were
signs that said the tolerance for Die Rotation
was 27 degrees, (on the sign), not 8 degrees.
And, in my experience, the vast majority of
collectors, of type coin or modern coin rotated
reverses want them to be a minimum of 45 degrees.
(that's the reverse pointing to either 1:30 or 10:30,
depending on if it's a rotated or counter-clockwise
rotated, reverse.)
The OP's cent is well within tolerance, in my opinion.
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Make sure you crush the backs of the staples flat with a pliers. Less chance of scratching another coin.