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Proof Jefferson With Rotated Reverse?

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 Posted 03/21/2011  09:07 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add SPQR to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
At this weekends semi-local coin show I embarked on my effort to add a new category to serious collecting: proof Jefferson nickels. I was fortunate enough to run across a fellow who had a bin of various proofs of all denominations, so I loaded up on the nickels. Anyway, after getting them home, I was going over them more closely and discovered that my 1971s nickel has a roughly 30 degree or so rotated die reverse!
How unusual is this? Anyone ever seen it before?
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 Posted 03/21/2011  11:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Odd type of problem. The reason is rotated reverses are difficult to spot, ignored by many, used to lower prices by others. And for errors, even the Red Book, 2011 edition on pages 404 and up give all kinds of possible errors and don't even mention rotated reverses.
On coins in your change there could be many but really difficult to spot since you would have to be able to turn over the coin so carefully so to spot that problem. And some that are 180 degrees could go unnoticed completely since many people just don't know a coin is right side up when turned over from top to bottom.
At coin shows I've used that problem with coins to lower prices. Some dealers will and others would say that is an extra bonus.
If you put Mercury dimes in an Album, all face up on the obverse, turn the page you would probably see about 20% or more all tilted all over the place. Don't know why but certain coins are just famous for that problem.
Odd that I've never heard people mention this with Jefferson nickels. Now I've got to go look at my Jefferson nickel Albums.
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