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1973 RCMP Quarter Misaligned Die?

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 Posted 03/04/2013  11:45 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Solidifier to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
just curious if this is a misaligned die? bottom it thicker than the top and its about 10% rotated when I flip the coin....

1973-RCMP-Quarter-Misaligned-Die?

1973-RCMP-Quarter-Misaligned-Die?

thanks!
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 Posted 03/04/2013  12:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fioti to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Dead on, a beaut!
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 Posted 03/06/2013  7:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add masterofsecrets to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
nice looking coin. definitly misaligned but as far as I know they aren't usually rotated at all...
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 Posted 03/06/2013  8:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Solidifier to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
yeah I wasnt sure if they are usually rotated....it may be more like 5%...but its defiently rotated
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 Posted 03/06/2013  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add darryldarryl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Would have been extremely cool if it was also a Large Bust!
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 Posted 03/06/2013  11:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add t_y to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I may be wrong, but this looks like an offcentred coin, not misaligned dies.
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 Posted 03/07/2013  2:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
as the obv is the anvil die, which can not be misaligned, I feel this is another example of a poorly adjusted collar. The collar did not hold the planchet right zero in the middle of the striking chamber. Make sense?
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