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Valued Member
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Does anyone know about how much they are worth? Here's a picture of it  |
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Valued Member
United States
280 Posts |
Does anyone know about how much rotated coins are going for?
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United States
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Very nice! Can you post front and back close ups of the coin? That would help with grading. It should command a premium over a non-rotated die.
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Pillar of the Community
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I haven't seen too many Shield nickels with dies rotated like that. There should be some collector interest in that and it would give it some premium. That's the good news. The bad news is that the no rays 1867 is very common, and yours looks poorly cleaned and somewhat unattractive. I still would need to see a better pic of the obverse and reverse, but with what I am going on, I think you may have a nickel worth less than $10 without the rotation and about $10 with it. |
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United States
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It hasn't been cleaned, but yes, it is not the most attractive coin. I'll try to get some better pics uploaded soon.
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I know you're the one with the coin in hand and I'm looking at a picture of somebody holding something in their hand, but I do think the coin has likely been cleaned. I am not positive with these pictures alone, but I've dealt with many Shield nickels and this one looks like an old cleaning to me. Your finger is also touching a face of the coin and not the edge. This "mis-step" makes me question how long you've been dealing with collector coins and thus, if you would necessarily know a cleaning if there was one. No offense, I'm just saying. I hope you could post other pictures. |
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Not as common on Shield nickels but very common on the 2 centers, especially the 1864. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Russian Federation
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Quote:Not as common on Shield nickels but very common on the 2 centers, especially the 1864. ...I did already ask about the holed rotated 2c, didn't I?  (Basically, a coin shop I sometimes go to had on offer an 1864 2-cent piece with about 50 degrees rotation (my original August post said 30, but I rechecked when I visited them again in October and it was closer to 50) but with an obvious repaired hole above the motto; and they want $25 for it. So the question is: should I finally buy it if it's still there when I return again?) |
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should I finally buy it if it's still there when I return again? I wouldn't. A hole in a common coin like an 1864 2-cent destroys most of it's collector value and the rotation doesn't compensate much. If you want a rotated example of this coin it won't be that hard to find one without problems at a reasonable price, especially if you visit a large coin show. Just be patient! |
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United States
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Are errors like this more common on older coins? They don't seem to fetch much over the value of the coin on older coins. That is what I at least noticed while looking at a draped bust cent with the same error.
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United States
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New pics of the nickel in a 2x2:   By the way, I had to hold it the way I did in the last picture, or you would not have been able to see the back.I know not to hold it by the face, but I had to make an exception so that everyone could see it. |
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The coin does, indeed, look less like a cleaned coin is this picture than the other one. It looks like it would grade G-4 and the rotation only adds a slight bid of value. An 1867 no rays G-4, with 90 degree rotation, yet unattractive is about a $10 coin.
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Russian Federation
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I wouldn't. A hole in a common coin like an 1864 2-cent destroys most of it's collector value and the rotation doesn't compensate much. If you want a rotated example of this coin it won't be that hard to find one without problems at a reasonable price, especially if you visit a large coin show. Just be patient! I want any example of this coin, or indeed any other example from the US 2-cent series... so far I think I've only seen two (outside of the Internet anyway), this and a slabbed one for $200+ (don't remember the exact price, but either way it was well out of my league). However, if you know of any scheduled/proposed coin shows (especially "large" ones) in the vicinity of Moscow, Russia within the next couple of years, please mention - I'd be very interested  |
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United States
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check out rotateddies.com for the estimated rarity.
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Posted 11/12/2012 2:44 pm
