I've owned this coin for about 10 years and never knew. A 180° die rotation! 1861 Type 3 silver 3-cent, PCGS XF-45
It's also an RPD 001 repunched date 1861/186 Repunched first 1 seen above the top and to the right of the 1. Repunched 8 seen above the middle and top of the 8 . Repunched 6 seen above the middle and top of the 6. Nice 61
Thanks for the info. I've got Flynn's book on order; should get here in a week or two. Plus the images I posted are reduced to 55% from my originals. But I still can't see the RPD on the original image so I'll get my 10x loupe out.
That's the book I used to determine it was an rpm. The loop on that 8 is a dead ringer. However that's not the pup.
Medal orientation? Too cool. Paddy, you got relevant knowledge as to the prevalence of such radical rotation for the year or variety?
Medalic alignment is common on 1861s. And a lot of them are unattributed on the slab or easy to find raw - well as easy as ever for a coin where most dealers have zero or one. More cool than value beyond a small bump. You sometimes see them on eBay as "major errror" for crazy money. Just wait for the next bus to come along.
Let me pull the book out and check. Will get back to you later today. The book by Flynn and Zack is pretty decent on this series .
The 001 is supposed to be heavily clashed, however with the rotation I can see the clashes but they aren't as heavy as normal strike would of been. The book has no reference to rotation unfortunately , however as a variety collector I can totally understand how this could of been over looked. When rotation is off by a few degrees your brain seems to pick up on it faster. Maybe a right vs left brain issue. I must admit as a variety collector 180 degrees rotation Is easy to over look. As you really need to "think" hey this isn't correct . I myself need to pay more attention to this especially looking at type coins.
