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Valued Member
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I sent in to ANACS this Proof nickel I should have ask for details? or is this common for this year nickel   
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Rest in Peace
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Rotated reverses on modern coins are scarce. On large cents, they're almost the rule.
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Bedrock of the Community
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All depends, how much rotation is there? 15 degrees either way is within mint tolerances. By picturing it the way you did there is no way to tell how uch it is rotated.
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here the back of the slab 
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Bedrock of the Community
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From that much rotation on a modern coin I'm a little surprized that it wasn't noted on the slab. Rotated reverses are seldom even noticed on coins until they are put into an album, slab or 2x2. They are so seldom even mentioned that many books on errors do not mention them. For example the Red Book, pages 401 to 404 has no mention of them. Other books and web sites such as coppercoins.com also make no mention of rotated reverses unless I missed it somewhere. The Lincoln Cent Resourse web site does cover rotated reverses though. In my experience Mercury dimes probably have the greatest amount of rotated reverses. I have well over 3,000 Mercury dimes and would be willing to speculate that about 20% or more have some type of rotated reverses. I've found it odd though that the majority of rotated reverses are to the right on Mercury dimes. I would think that since yours is not as common it would bring somewhat of a premium at a coin show where error collectors are a little more common also. Here is just one more thing I've always wondered about. Is it the reverse that is rotated or the obverse?
Edited by just carl 09/25/2008 1:39 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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its almost always the obverse which rotates based on how the dies are mounted in the presses , but since they are always compared to the obverse aligned straight they are almost always attributed to the reverse being rotated .
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Thanks Carl & Metal man I sent 14 modern coin in for the $8.00 per coin with 2 of the 14 free. that maybe why it wasn't noted. Details were extra $12.00 
Edited by Dimetime 09/27/2008 11:07 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Rotation looks to be close to the allowed mint tolerance of 15 degrees which is probably why no mention was made on the slab. Proofs (and business strikes)with slight rotations like this are not that unusual.
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Bedrock of the Community
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its almost always the obverse which rotates based on how the dies are mounted in the presses , but since they are always compared to the obverse aligned straight they are almost always attributed to the reverse being rotated .
Guess that is true. It's amazing that such rotations go unnoticed until the coin is actually looked at for such a rotation. Ecven in a 2x2 it goes unnoticed. I think the first time I ever noticed a reverse rotation was in the Whitman Albums where you can see both sides. Everyone lines up the fronts and when you turn the page the reverse make you think your drunk sometimes. Really true of Mercury dimes. Probably why as noted it's really the obverse that is rotated but who notices.
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