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This coin is rather beat up. However I have never seen a Mint Mark tilted to this degree (about 25 degrees). Is such a thing collectible? I do not think it would carry any premium!  |
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This coin took a hit and the metal moved, you can see where the metal used to be before. PMD |
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I have saved back a few that I thought were interesting. Where the mint mark is very slanted or nearly in the date. As far as I know, there isn't a demand for them, just something a little different.
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No demand, not really that much of a variety anyways.
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ChildOfTheWheat is that a rare Christmas cent for your profile pic?
Nice!
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it isn't a variety at all...is just a damaged coin.
its interesting - and it dosen't really cost anything to save it.
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I can see the damage quite clearly on this coin. I am trying to understand it, though. The curve of the D took a big hit. I have seen other coins damaged where, for example, the I in LIBERTY is at an angle. I do not recall ever seeing one where an entire letter is rotated (outside of only the vertical or horizontal portion of the letter)- especially, in this case, without any obvious damage to the upright of the D. I see the roughness where one would expect the D to be, but it does not appear to be shoved into a ridge of any kind.
This means that I am not convinced that the rotation of the D is caused by damage, but I am open to an explanation which accounts for the actual marks on and around it.
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Here's my example of how the mint mark could have "Rotated." The south-west end of the D was hit and moved the letter as shown below. Left is a normal "D" and the right (in red) is the hit "D" (on top of the normal "D")  Notice how they are both still D's and one looks rotated. You can also see this south-west hit marked by the scratches on the MM and Date going upward towards the north-east Edited by BlueSolo
12/02/2015 2:53 pm
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That is an excellent diagram. Thank you. In order for your idea to work, the space inside the D on the tilted D must actually be smaller than on a "normal" D. So I did a comparison. Guess what? It IS smaller! So I think it suggests your theory is correct! I still do not see evidence of a hit on the SW corner, but perhaps that can happen without leaving a mark.
Thanks for taking the time to draw your diagram!
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Posted 12/01/2015 6:38 pm
