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Rotated Reverse Memorial Cents

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As I was searching through some cents today, I came across some 80 and 81 memorial cents that were slightly rotated on the reverse. They vary from 5 degrees up to almost 20 degrees. It got me to go and look at other dates and I found a few with slight rotations. My question is, at what point is a rotated reverse worth keeping on the memorial cents?
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We will need to see the coins. Please post some images. The most important image to post will be one usin a mirror so we can see both sides at the same time.
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Still the question remains - at what point does die rotation add to the value of a coin?
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Value of rotation errors is pretty much driven by collectors who are willing to pay a premium for them. For me, I'd look to keep anything rotated 'out' beyond 30 degrees. That's just me,.
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Still the question remains - at what point does die rotation add to the value of a coin?


Hi Hondo, According to lincent cent resource, The U.S. Mint allows for an error margin of less than 8 degrees. Rotated die errors are usually not
collectible unless they are at least 15 degrees. Rotated die errors are most valuable after 90 degrees with 180 degrees being the most
valuable. http://lincolncentresource.com/Erro...tedDies.html I will add that the less valuable errors still may sell just fine for small premiums such as on ebay, just may not appeal to serious collectors and dealers. Currently minor errors are selling as well that are typically so common we used to say they have 'no value'.
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