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<p>[QUOTE="AWORDCREATED, post: 1768311, member: 52245"]OK. I am a coin noob, but I'll give this a shot. Hold the coin (maybe try with a normal cent first so there is not confusion about the dime thing) with Lincoln's profile upright. This would have the date and LIBERTY perfectly horizontal.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you flip it end over end in your fingers (like most US coins - not Canadians they flip sideways) the memorial on the back should come into view upright and horizontal. If you looked around sideways at the other side it would now be upside down</p><p><br /></p><p>If, by flipping the coin the other side does not come up horizontal, but at some angle large enough for you to tell, even 90 degrees perpendicular in some cases, the dies were rotated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin will be more challenging to cipher since it has 2 obverse/reverse combinations. You need to check them both. Try it with the dime set and with the cent set. Far as I can tell from the photos there is at least one mis-match. </p><p><br /></p><p>Give it a twirl![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AWORDCREATED, post: 1768311, member: 52245"]OK. I am a coin noob, but I'll give this a shot. Hold the coin (maybe try with a normal cent first so there is not confusion about the dime thing) with Lincoln's profile upright. This would have the date and LIBERTY perfectly horizontal. If you flip it end over end in your fingers (like most US coins - not Canadians they flip sideways) the memorial on the back should come into view upright and horizontal. If you looked around sideways at the other side it would now be upside down If, by flipping the coin the other side does not come up horizontal, but at some angle large enough for you to tell, even 90 degrees perpendicular in some cases, the dies were rotated. Your coin will be more challenging to cipher since it has 2 obverse/reverse combinations. You need to check them both. Try it with the dime set and with the cent set. Far as I can tell from the photos there is at least one mis-match. Give it a twirl![/QUOTE]
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