Question About The 1943 Steel Penny

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Plasma New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 10:44 pm When Lincoln is face up, is the back supposed to be upside-down? I.e., is the ONE CENT and the rest of the back supposed to be upside-down, when Lincoln is face up? Report this Post to the Staff

vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 06/21/2008 03:18 am If holding the coin "face up" with both index fingers and both thumbs, and flipping it forward to reveal the "back" or ONE CENT side, it should also be face up just like the face up side or Obverse side. The Reverse side or back of coin, should be just like the Obverse if done just like this. Hope this helps. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
MorgansRmine Pillar of the Community United States 1219 Posts	Posted 06/21/2008 03:19 am All U.S. coinage are produced with the reverse upsidedown. Flipping the coin from north to south results in the reverse being in the proper allignment. I myself and probably most people look at a coin with the top of the head being in the north position and flip from north to south. Report this Post to the Staff
pyrbob Rest in Peace United States 1943 Posts	Posted 06/21/2008 06:49 am This is where the terms coin alignment and medal alignment come from. All US coins are made with coin alignment which means you flip the coin from north to south as stated above. Medals are made with medal alignment which means you flip the medal from east to west to get both sides facing upward. When you flip coins north to south and they don't line up they are called rotated dies. There is an acceptable tolerance on the degree of rotation and I'm not sure off hand what it is but having coins out of rotation by 90 degrees or more can the coin worth a premium. There is a website devoted to this. I think it is rotateddies.com. Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 06/21/2008 3:04 pm Hi, It is not entirely correct that ALL U.S. coins were struck in Coin Alignment as stated in several posts above. Gobrecht dollars Minted from 1836 to 1839 had some circulation strikes intentionally minted in medal alignment. Particular pieces that I can think of would be 1836 dated pieces struck in 1837. There were none dated 1837 and the orientation of the dies was used to discriminate ones struck in 1836 from the 0nes struck in 1837 since in January of 1837, the weight of the coin was lowered. Differing alignments are known for all mintages of Gobrecht dollars including unofficial restrikes made later. Thanks, Bill Edited by foundinrolls 06/21/2008 3:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 06/21/2008 5:01 pm That's so interesting Bill. Thanks for the education! Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 06/22/2008 12:50 am My Pleasure. Report this Post to the Staff
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