1931 S Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC Reverse Rotated?! Please Help!

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ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 01/09/2015 10:02 pm Hello! I put my 1931 S LWC in a plastic 2X2 and noticed that the obverse was straight but the reverse was slanted! I don't know if this is an error or if this is a fake/counterfeit coin, so I was wondering if you guys could take a look at it. Thanks in advance! In hand its more obviously rotated Edited by ChildOfTheWheat 01/09/2015 10:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff

jay4202472000 Pillar of the Community United States 853 Posts	Posted 01/09/2015 10:15 pm Not enough for any kind of premium on a '31-S. They are hard to come by anyway. You need much more rotation. Report this Post to the Staff
ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 01/09/2015 10:19 pm Ok, so this is normal on LWC's? Why have I not run into these in the hundreds of wheat cents ive seen? Report this Post to the Staff
jay4202472000 Pillar of the Community United States 853 Posts	Posted 01/10/2015 12:57 am Which way did you flip it? If you flipped it normally, you should have seen it a thousand times. Just about every Lincoln I've seen has a 5 degree or so rotation. If you flipped it sideways, you have a major error. Otherwise it's normal. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/10/2015 07:57 am Quote: Why have I not run into these in the hundreds of wheat cents ive seen? Because the mint made hundreds of "millions" and only a small percentage are rotated. There are enough rotated dies out there that collectors set a minimum of degrees to collect,something like 30%? John1 Edited by John1 01/10/2015 07:59 am Report this Post to the Staff
stoneman227 Pillar of the Community United States 2376 Posts	Posted 01/10/2015 12:59 pm I'm wondering the same as Jay above , which way did you flip the holder. Maybe let a small pc of tape wrap one side from front to back and take the pics again. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/10/2015 2:02 pm The best way is to put a staple on the bottom of the obverse side. That will give us a reference point for the reverse. Or some have plated the coin in front of a mirror and taken an image: If the coin is normal the reverse in the image should be up-side-down. Report this Post to the Staff
jay4202472000 Pillar of the Community United States 853 Posts	Posted 01/10/2015 7:48 pm Hey, I wish I owned that Jeff! Jeffs were my first love...before ole honest Abe stole my heart! Report this Post to the Staff
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1931 S LWC Reverse Rotated?! Please Help!