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I was searching for coins for an individual and came across an oddity. It is a 1920 D Mercury dime rotated 90 degrees. I have about 30 of those and no others are rotated noticeably. I've heard of 10 degree rotation but this is the most noticeable possible. Any one have any experience or knowledge of this - prevalence, value, etc.? |
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On some of your earlier classic US coins, it's more prevalent. Mercury dimes with that degree of rotation is quite scarce so I would expect a slight premium. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
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1920-D happens to be the 2nd most common Mercury with significant rotations - second only to the 1941-S.
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robbudo:
That's very interesting! Do you have a reference?
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Lots of minor/medium rotations on Mercs. If you do an album and look at the reverse side it's like...  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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52RayMo: I've seen minor rotations (in the 10 degree range), but not 90 degrees very often. There is a AG3 20 D on ebay that they are asking $150 for. Mine is rotated almost exactly the same but is about G6. |
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I passed up a 20D 90 degree rotation for $25 and saw the same one listed a month later for $100 on ebay. Low supply doesn't mean high demand! My resource for population estimates is the Rotated Die Census ... http://www.rotateddies.com |
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robbudo-- thanks for that link. Interesting site.
All I ever find are 10 to 12 degrees, but I keep searching and hoping....
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Thanks Robbudo. The census gave some good info - he lists the rarity as an R5 where the rating is from R1 (most common over 1000) to R8 (1 to 3) with R5 from 31-80. I don't know if that's his projections or his census. Nice and interesting site. Worth bookmarking. He asked for a report so I did. I was looking at about 15 of 30 1920D's among many rolls and that was the only one with a noticeable rotation so it's a nice addition to those preserved in the 1930s.
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I don't actually take the population #'s on that site too seriously, but I do believe the relative availability is solid.
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Hmmm,
Good info on rating!
I never really pay attention to minor rotation, unless is at least 30° or more, and as said, rarity doesn't always equate to high value, demand is what make prices jump.
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Posted 03/15/2014 08:22 am
