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there are over 1000 1864 2 cent pieces estimated with rotations between 90 and 180 degrees. source:www.rotateddies.com
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Not common at all and a very nice error. Nice find!
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These are fairly common. I've personally found a dozen or so that are a full 180 degrees. Those tend to fetch about double the going price, given a perception of rarity and being a curiosity. I've also found a number of the 1864 copper Indians with that rotation. Of course, it's easier to sell these to someone who thinks that they're rare.
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The 90 and 180 degree are pretty common, but the other rotations are tougher in general to find, I made a nice clock set of rotated 2¢ pieces. I think I have 10 or 11 clock numbers I need to pull them out and finish the set.
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WestCoin - That's a creative clock collection idea. What numbers do you need?
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What numbers do you need? It's been awhile since I last looked them over, I need to get them pulled out of the safe and check. I wanted to have a Capital Plastics holder style made and put a clock on it. But they are so small I 'don't think it would work well for a wall clock, maybe a large desk clock? I started this idea back in the mid 1990's and hadn't thought much about it again until last year. But I still haven't found my rotated side coins I had put away for the project. If I remember I probably will need to try and upgrade a few pieces from the low grades I have (if I can find better examples, that is). I've been seeing rotated 2¢ pieces sell for WAY too much money for what I believe they are worth on ebay lately. Some sellers ask for 4-5 times value, and they just aren't that uncommon. Now Morgan dollars? That's another story, don't see many of them at all. That would be a good looking wall clock display! "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 |
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I recently saw a worn rotated 2-cent piece at a local coin show for $300. LOL.
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One's perception of rarity will much depend upon personal experience. Attending a large coin show, having a hundred dealers and spending an hour or so at just one table, going through his double-row boxes, can be an eye-opener for many collectors. It can lead to a greater sense of which dates and varieties are more plentiful.
There's an area guy who sets up at flea markets whom I see buyong his wares at the shows. These rotated dies are ones that he's constantly seeking. He has a buyer who gives him twice what he's paid or more for the 180 degree specimens. As with any series, there are always the speculators and/or hoarders for whom one specimen is not enough. IMHO, there's nothing wrong with that. It drives the market though. There was once a guy who had accumulated well over 500 of the 1893-S Morgans. The 1844 dimes are yet another date that's been hoarded. Of course, the rotated 1864's are far less expensive to hoard.
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I've hoarded every single rotated 1863 Indian cent I've seen and been able to get in the past 20 years. It has left me with 5 of them - which is nice considering there are estimated to be between 13 and 30 of them! |
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Posted 03/23/2014 1:11 pm
