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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kvasir, post: 72441, member: 4139&quot;]I was just doing some scanning for this<a href="http://www.cointalk.org/thread9272-error-coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/thread9272-error-coins.html" rel="nofollow"> post</a> last night and swear I&#039;ve put the coins perfectly right side up according to the reverse when I was trying to scan the obverse. Turned out my scanned images were still rotated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Which brings me to my question: what&#039;s the best way to measure the degrees in which the die axis were rotated? </p><p><br /></p><p>In the perfect world the die axis would either be medal (both sides upright) or coinage (upright points to opposite end on the reverse and obverse, like in US coinage). (Actually I disklike coinage die axis, and in the perfect world only medal die axis would exist&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) I know for Canadian coins the rotated axis less than 15º has not much numismatic value. What about in general? If this occur on a MS-70 coin does it lower its grade? </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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