1916 mercury dim

Just purchased a AU 1916 mercury dime with about a 10 to 15 degree rotation from obverse to reverse. Is this more common with the older coins or fairly rare. I will try up load pictures laterk.

 

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I'm sorry; I can't tell you if rotated dies are common on older dates or not. However, in general rotated dies are worth a premium if it's a really LARGE one -- i.e: 45 degrees - 180 degrees.

But please post pics! I would like to see that 1916.

 

So would I... especially if it's raw. One of the most heavily counterfeited of all coins.

 

I believe it was a P mintmark

 

Yeah, it's the D mintmark that's the highly counterfeited one.

 

When you post your pix please make sure they are not "dim". Sorry, couldn't resist!
:smile

 

Hopefully these images are good. It is a P mint.

 

Any comment on the Dime.