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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 7845892, member: 105098&quot;]All four known dies for the 1916-D dime are rotated to some extent. Here is the list:</p><p>With obverse upright and straight date, and motto.</p><p>Die 1 reverse is rotated to counter clockwise to 11:45</p><p>Die 2 reverse clockwise to 1:00</p><p>Die 3 reverse clockwise to 12:45</p><p>Die 4&nbsp; reverse clockwise to 12:15</p><p><br /></p><p>None of these rotations are enough to warrant it being a &quot;minting error&quot; though, it&#039;s minor.&nbsp; obverse isn&#039;t upright completely in the holder, you can see that in the date and motto.&nbsp; it&#039;s not die pair 1 for sure, but you&#039;d need to get the obverse really straight to figure out if it&#039;s 12:15, 12:45, or 1:00.</p><p><br /></p><p>Die 1 has the highest mm position, Dies 2 and 3 are repunched mm, and Die 4 has the lowest mm position. this has to be reverse die 2 or 3 because it&#039;s too high to be #4, and rotated the wrong way to be #1. I&#039;m feeling like pair #3, but without it being lined up correctly it&#039;s hard to gauge the rotation. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My source of this information is Michael Fahey in write ups from about a decade ago I read on detecting counterfeits he wrote. I&#039;ve always used it as a diagnostic in telling real from fake, the rotation to identify the die, then the mintmark it&#039;s supposed to have for it and it&#039;s placement on the coin and appearance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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