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Rotated Coins 1952 Half And 1935 Dime

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 Posted 12/19/2011  07:49 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add joshtammi to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hey

Was going through my dads coin collection today and found two coins,

not sure if they are in the right section, but they are 60 years and 76 years old respectively so I thought they would be classic.

Both these coins I presume are errors, as the faces are rotated 180 degrees, or just shy, possibly 175 degrees.

first is a 1935 Mercury dime, this coin looks perfect, has slight dark dicolourisation, but the detail is amazing and the branches/leaves are perfect.

second is a 1952 half dollar in good condition, but you cannot see the inscription on the Liberty Bell as a reference to quality, the crack is still visible. there are no dings or deep scratches, just looks used.

I'm trying to find a value for these coins, I found one website (http://www.rotateddies.com/) that listed many rotated coins nut I could find neither for the ones above. The closest was a 1941 Mercury dime 180 degrees with a rarity stated between 80 - 200 examples. and a 1961 Franklin half at only 90 degrees, with a rarity stated between 4 and 12 examples.

Can anyone point me in the right direction, tried ebay, google, etc.

thanks

took the double sided pics with a mirror if you were wondering.



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 Posted 12/19/2011  09:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
, joshtammi!

I see you're from oz, where you're upsidedown

You're used to coins with medal reverses. You spin yours around a 12-6 o'clock axis.

US coins are coin reverses. You spin them around a 9-3 o'clock axis.

IOW, your coins are normal.

As the site you went to noted, rotated reverses are scarce on modern US coins. You see rotation a lot on pre-1850 coins.

Sorry to be a downer on your first try. Keep looking, there's all sorts of weird stuff out there, like the coin in the second post here: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...04027#889121 . Read later posts in that thread for the full story.
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 Posted 12/19/2011  09:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add joshtammi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
oh wow haha

that makes a lot more sense, thanks so much!

Well now that I know they are normal, are they worth anything more than face value?

I feel so noob! hopefully the Unc 1944 S florin and 1946 Unc Perth Shilling make up for it!
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 Posted 12/19/2011  10:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes they are worth more than face value because they are 90% silver. I don't chase silver so I don't know what the current multiple is but it is somewhere around 23 or 24 times face.
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 Posted 12/28/2011  10:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kimberlysupak to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Happy Hunting, don't get discouraged. Someone from here told me that no question was too stupid and that's why they were here. Cheers to 2012!
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hi Joshtammi please check conflation site for your approximate metal value
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