These are all coins I've found in bank rolls over the last few months. To get an idea of the rotation, picture holding the coin face-up in your hand, and rotating it on it's axis. In other words, if I were taking a picture of a modern coin, the memorial would be upside down in the second picture. 1983 - P More to come!
Very nice BigH. I have a 1928-D SLQ with a rotated die, probably about 30 degrees. I'll post a pic tomorrow. The batteries are dead in my camera.
Thanks for the comments, guys! I'd like to see your SLQ. My favorite design, with an error! If only I could find one of those in a roll.
Big H.. Nice rotations...have you considered having them looked at by PCGS or NGC?? You may want to. I am not to keen on values of such error coins but I am sure that Doug or Mike Diamond will come by later on... :high5: RickieB
Thanks everyone for the comments. I have thought about sending the nickel to NGC or ANACS, but I really prefer my coins raw. I have it in an Intercept Shield holder, and it's marked. As for the value, there was a consensus among some of the experts that the nickel would be worth about $125 (it's the only one known currently, to my understanding), and I imagine the others wouldn't be worth anymore than $4-$5 each.
Do rotated die coins bring a premium over their normal value? If there is does the amount of rotation affect the value?
Yes they do - if the degree of rotation is big enough, usually over 35 degrees. The larger the degree of rotation the more desirable the coin is to error collectors. Even so, even a coin 180 degrees out of rotation brings a small premium.
Actually, the premium can be rather impressive when dealing with die rotations of over 90 degrees. The most popular ones are 180 degrees ("medal rotation"). There's a 1994 cent with a 170 degree rotation when regularly brings over $50 in uncirculated condition on eBay. Price really depends on condition, denomination, date/mintmark, and design. Major rotated die errors in Sacagawea and Presidential dollars regularly bring in prices well in excess of $100 on eBay. Dealers would naturally charge more.
I guess it depends on what you want to call impressive or small Mike. I would normally consider a coin that I wanted costing $50 - $100 a small price to pay. But I guess if you consider that the coin without the error would only cost $1 or less then yeah, $100 is an impressive premium.
