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I picked up 5000 pennies from the bank 'im about half way through and I found this . a 1991 penny with about a 145 degree die rotation. First decent die rotation I've found! Not the best pictures got to work on my lighting:)   |
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Pillar of the Community
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 Nice find |
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice rotation!
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Awesome!!
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
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Excellent find! I'd think the odds are far greater than 1/2500!
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Pillar of the Community
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super find man! I'm still looking for a nice rotation!
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New Member
Canada
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Well, I'll be damned! I doubted that the 1944 upset dies or the 1997 rotated 90 degrees and upset dies were backdoor jobs at the Mint. I did not really thought that errors of this type could occur in the 1990's given the technological know-how in coin minting. Superb find!
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I'd bet most penny searchers don't even bother looking for major shifts in rotation, so rare in newer issues.....they're overly focused on plating or die, doubling, clash errors, a lot of which have become all too common. I think significant rotation bloops are far more interesting because they're visible without any magnification.
Canadiancoinoholic, just curious, what is your technique in carefully checking your 1000s of pennies for misaligned rotation? I think it must be superbly methodical and you must have the "Patience of Job"!
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I'd bet most penny searchers don't even bother looking for major shifts in rotation, so rare in newer issues.....they're overly focused on plating or die, doubling, clash errors, a lot of which have become all too common. I make it a point to rotate every coin between my thumb and finger so that I know if there's a rotation (flip it for US coins), but I've yet to find anything significant. |
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Quote: I make it a point to rotate every coin between my thumb and finger so that I know if there's a rotation (flip it for US coins)..... That's interesting, I'm guessing then that becomes a habit. I'm almost ashamed to admit that until I placed most of my collection in 2x2s and happened to notice a few minor rotation errors, generally keeping an eye our for rotation errors in loose coin went zoom--right over my head. |
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Very nice rotation..love it. Quote:
I make it a point to rotate every coin Absolutely agree..how can you look at both sides of the coin without noticing if its rotated? not to mention a good rotation is rare making it sought after and worth a good buck. Quote:
I did not really thought that errors of this type could occur in the 1990's This is what makes them rare and always worth looking for. I had a 2007 nickel with over 100 degree rotation. If you dont check for rotation your not a good searcher. IMO |
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I agree, and when I search I normally flip the coins as well. I have found a few but only minor rotations, 10-15degrees, which really don't get much of a premium. I would imagine that with the volume of coins I search that I would come across one of some significance sometime.
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Thanks everyone, very exciting when you find something like this. WildflowerAB I do the same thing as chequer and rotate the coins between my thumb and forefinger. When it's to hot to work around the house I love to sit on the deck and look at coins and have a beer,it's very relaxing.
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When it's to hot to work around the house I love to sit on the deck and look at coins and have a beer,it's very relaxing.
 Sounds like a very pleasurable way to relax indeed. I have some old pennies stashed away, not 5000 though but a couple of hours worth at least. I shall practise the art of rotation! |
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