After years of searching I have finally found it. 2004 P rotated reverse Lincoln cent. This is the first one I have ever seen. Maybe 60° clockwise rotation. Whatcha think guys? Also how rare is this on moderns? What kinda value would this hold?
There is no way of knowing how many were struck with the die in this position. I doubt that any sort of QC is in place to check for rotated dies, so there could be hundreds or thousands with this same error. When you multiply this by 60+ years of production for each denomination and each mintmark, there could be tens of thousands, if not more. Usually, anything less than 90 degrees isn't in too much demand. It's value is only what someone is willing to pay for it. Chris
@steve.e - As photographed and presented here, the obverse of the coin does not look exactly up and down. In other words, it seems that your obverse should be rotated a bit clockwise for a proper orientation. If that is the case, then I think (I'm not sure) that would make the rotation of your reverse more extreme than it appears. I hope I explained that properly. I look forward to see what @paddyman98 thinks.
It's in the name. When the die is rotated during striking the image is rotated. Very nice modern rotated die, my most modern is on a 1978 Italian 100L.
I want to share this webpage with you - http://www.error-ref.com/rotated_die_error/ and http://www.maddieclashes.com/rotated-die-error/
If it is less than 45 degree rotation it is within tolerance.. more than 45 degree rotation is major. No.. I don't have any in my collection. That's on my want list
