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Valued Member
United States
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I might not be phrasing this correctly, but the die was obviously rotated when this coin was struck. How common was this error with Capped Bust Dimes? Is it more valuable as a result? Thanks in advance for any insight.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fairly common in older coins.
Yours looks like -- what -- 30°?
Since die rotations were relatively common at that time you need something on the order of 90° or more to merit a bonus.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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They are not as common as correctly aligned dies, but in most cases they don't add much, if anything to the value.
I'm sure there is someone out in the world trying to put a type set of rotated dies together. But probably not too many folks.
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Valued Member
United States
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What's really embarrassing is that I've looked at this coin dozens of times and it only just occurred to me that the alignment was off  |
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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When you flip the coin for imaging, then this sort of thing jumps out at you.
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Valued Member
United States
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It should have jumped out at me, that's for sure! I did notice that the coin was a little crooked in its holder, but the nickel didn't drop.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Seeing this coin reminds me of the classic coins that was used back when. Then I remembered, they have some classic stamps you can use as postage. So I ordered a few of them. They look like this:  They are on the USPO site now. I order 10 pages of these. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Cool! I had no idea the USPS was issuing new stamps that looked like "oldies".
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As a stamp collector as a kid, there are some of these I always wanted, but could never afford. Although they are not those stamps, they are something I always wanted and soon I will have some.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've been at the PO lately and suddenly became more interested in the "Inverted Jenny" reissue. I think I like yours better, coop
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm not a stamp collector, but I have been learning about early U.S. and foreign stamps because there are thousands of old, loose stamps in an estate collection I've been going through. I had to put them on hold because it was just too overwhelming, but now that I'm pretty much done with the coins, I'm about ready to get back to sorting stamps!
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