Milestone: 20 Different Rotated Indians

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robbudo Pillar of the Community United States 2757 Posts	Posted 11/05/2013 11:09 pm Just picked up my 20th rotated coin in my Flying eagle/Indian Cent collection. I define rotation as 90 to 180 degrees. I actually have a number of duplicates, but 20 different dates/types might make this one of the most extensive collections of rotated Indians. 1858 Large Letters (90 degree rotation) 1859 (90 degree rotation) 1860 Type 1 (100 degree rotation) 1860 Type 2 (100 degree rotation) 1861 (170 degree rotation) 1862 (170 degree rotation) 1863 (180 degree rotation) 1864 CuNi (95 degree rotation) 1864 br (105 degree rotation) 1864 br with L (175 degree rotation) 1865 (130 degree rotation) 1866 (175 degree rotation) 1868 (180 degree rotation) Pr65RB 1869 (90 degree rotation) first error coin I ever bought 1870 Snow7A (180 degree rotation) 1871 (180 degree rotation) 1880 (100 degree rotation) 1888 (120 degree rotation) 1897 (170 degree rotation) 1898 (90 degree rotation) Report this Post to the Staff

nlp coins Pillar of the Community United States 2373 Posts	Posted 11/06/2013 08:53 am That is impressive. I had no idea that many existed, let alone in one collection. Sweet! nlp Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 11/06/2013 09:00 am That is very impressive especially a PR65. Report this Post to the Staff
noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 11/06/2013 11:31 am Yay! Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 11/06/2013 12:14 pm Impressive. How long did it take to accumulate them? Report this Post to the Staff
robbudo Pillar of the Community United States 2757 Posts	Posted 11/06/2013 1:27 pm I got my first of these 25 years ago. I've been acquiring one a year, fairly regularly, for quite some time. A few notes: ~ 20% of the 1868 proof indians have a medallic rotation of 180 degrees, actually making the 1868 one of the most common years for rotated indians. The 1897 dies were probably fixed in the incorrect alignment for a number of strikes. Many were produced with a 170 - 175 degree rotation, and this is the most commonly seen year with a rotation. This hasn't been documented, to my knowledge, but is rather my own hypothesis given at how many I've seen. The coppernickel indians are common to find with rotated dies, at least from 1860 to 1863. the 1859 and 1864 copper nickels are very, very rare to find with rotated dies. The 1864 (bronze) and 1865 are also more common. The 1864 L is very common to find with rotated dies. Most the others have a rarity of R6 on rotateddies.com, meaning between 13 and 30 specimens are believed to exist. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 11/06/2013 11:09 pm Very nice, I do the same thing with Two Cent Pieces, I have built an almost complete collection of clock number rotations so far. Some day I might build a plastic holder to show them all off maybe build a clock into it as well. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
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