I was putting some 1950's cents into 2X2's last night, and noticed that even though the obverse was properly placed in an upright position, the flip side was askew. Is this normal for 1952? The reverse leans counter-clockwise, by about 5 minutes(?)
Yes, it's quite common for the cents of the 1940's and 1950's to have rotated dies -- up to about 20 degrees or so you can find them fairly easily in some years. There was an earlier thread just recently showing some excellent examples of some greater rotations.
Thank you Pennysaver. I appreciate your answer very much. I'm glad that it wasn't just my clumsy fumblefingered placement of the coins causing the problem! I thought that it was just ME for a while last night.
lol. I know what you mean. The other night I was putting away some George V nickels and ran into a run of them that were rotated only 4 or 5 degrees -- just enough to make me think my eyes were going spinny.
Just how collectable are significant die rotations? I see the, say, 5-20 degree rotations sold on ebay frequently but not so the 45+ degree rotations. How much die rotation before they coins enter into the scarce to rare realm? I have a gem 1967 nickel with a 90 degree die rotation but have never seen a comparable sell.
Charlton 2012 lists coinage orientation (180 degree rotation) for 1963 and 1964 5 cents starting at $400 for AU50 commpared to $5 for the regular coins. Also 1967 coinage orientation PL65 for $500 vs $10.
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