I have a set of American Frontier nickels with a 1924 coin with a rotated die strike. Just wondering how common this is for these nickels.
It all depends on the amount of rotation. I have about 7 or 8 buffalo nickels that are over 45% rotated. You also see alot of rotated dies coming from the denver mint.
Thanks, this is rotated about 45 degrees. How can you tell what mint it came from out of curiosity, I don't know much about American coins (yet).
Look on the reverse side and on the bottom under where it says five cents. If there is a D then it's Denver, S is San Francisco and no letters under it is Phila Mint.
Same problem with many Mercury Dimes. I have 8 sets of Mercury Dimes and still remember the first time I noticed that. Merc Dimes and Buffalo Nickels are all in Whitman Classic albums and I remember thinking I was drunk or something when I would turn the page and the reverses of many of the coins were turned one way or the other. I would go back and forth from front to back wondering what's wrong with this album. I think about 25% of all the Merc Dimes have reverses that are off from the obverse by anywhere from a few degrees to about 45 degrees.
Also, a long time ago (please correct me if I'm wrong) technology wasn't as good, so errors may have been more common.
I've never been able to find out why only certain coins have that reverse turned problem. It's common in Buffalo Nickels, Mercury Dimes but very oncommon with Lincoln Cents, Liberty Head Nickels or Dimes and many other denominations. I've asked lots of dealers why just certain coins and no one has ever come up with a good answer. Makes me wonder about the alcohol usage of people in the Mint making those coins. Wasn't that about prohabition time?
