I have a 1916 d and was just wondering if a rotated die would hurt the value, increase the value, or does it not really change the value. The back is rotated about 10 percent to the Right so it's not much at all. I know the rotated dies in this series are fairly common so im just trying to see the value for mine. Thanks in advance!
If I remember correctly that is one of the things to look for on a genuine '16-D. There were 4 die pairs used to strike the '16-D and (I think) they have varying degrees of rotation.
don't really know the answer to this question but I did find this from http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/RotatedDies.html "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." Hope this helps, Erik
That is what it is supposed to look like , Hobo is correct about the dies & the varying degrees of rotation.
In theory, such a small degree of rotation should not matter. In practice however, it can matter a lot. A few years ago I had a five-figure gold coin from the 1790s for sale and the potential buyer really liked it, but wanted to know if there was any die rotation between the obverse and reverse. There was, but it was minimal and was only about 3-5 degrees at most. The client declined the purchase based upon this rotation because it would not match the rest of his coins.
And then daffy duck spit in his face, and turned beat red. I'm not sure that one can make a general rule from one experience like this. Maybe I'm wrong.
