Camera moved while I was shootin' - I swear it was there... I found this one in 1981, so, as a copper, worth more ? lol
Bit difficult to see as the first image has the staples tilted CCW and the second image with the staples perfectly square
The slight rotation is well within mint tolerance. For the Off-Center strike.. $5.00 for Copper plated zinc $6.00 for Copper Planchet
My LCS starts off Centered strikes at $3.00 but if it has a date it can go up in price. I firgetvthe date but he had a zinc Cent from the early 2000's for $15.00. I think that's the most expensive one I've seen but he says not many exist from that year.
After 2001 or 2002 off-centers become rare. The reason is because that was when the Mint swiched over to the horizontal strike schuler presses. Pretty much by definition an off center is struck on a planchet that is not in the collar. But on a horizontal striking press the collar is oriented vertically. So if a planchet is out of the collar, gravity causes it to fall out of the press. The dies would have to catch it as it falls away.
