1978-P Lincoln Cent, Obverse And Reverse Offset - Is That Normal?

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shotgung Pillar of the Community United States 1101 Posts	Posted 02/17/2018 10:24 am Here's a couple of pictures. Appears that the reverse is off-set a bit. Normal or a slight error? Report this Post to the Staff

RLS0812 Valued Member United States 131 Posts	Posted 02/17/2018 10:43 am Rotated die error. Hard to spot. http://www.error-ref.com/rotated_die_error Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7516 Posts	Posted 02/17/2018 11:11 am Can you put your coin in a 2x2 with obverse straight,then take a pic from both front and back.if the reverse still shows the same rotation, then you have a mint error called Rotated Die. Report this Post to the Staff
shotgung Pillar of the Community United States 1101 Posts	Posted 02/17/2018 11:31 am Like this Chase007? No, mine isn't like that. They are still opposite, just rotated a bit. Edited by shotgung 02/17/2018 11:43 am Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/17/2018 12:50 pm No big deal. Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7516 Posts	Posted 02/17/2018 2:19 pm Ok,thanks for trying.can you take pics just like these?with the coin placed inside a 2x2 front straight up take a pic then flip it over and take a pic from the back. Edited by Chase007 02/17/2018 2:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/17/2018 2:44 pm The base should be pointing 45 degrees before anyone pays much attention to it. 45 degrees would place the base of the memorial even to 2 corners. Not there yet. An angle of 45 degrees looks like this: Report this Post to the Staff
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