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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4356792, member: 101855"]Nobody cared about rotated dies until a few years ago. It's not unusual on the early U.S. coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I had the 1804 dime that goes with that coin, but the 1804 dime is really tough. I came within one bid of buying one many years ago but ran out of money.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1832 dime is really nice. It was struck with rusted dies, but it still came out really sharp with great detail. It's an NGC MS-65. Philadelphia can be very humid in the summer, and if the mint employees were not careful, the dies could rust. Sometimes they removed the rust, but die polishing can also remove design detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4356792, member: 101855"]Nobody cared about rotated dies until a few years ago. It's not unusual on the early U.S. coinage. I wish I had the 1804 dime that goes with that coin, but the 1804 dime is really tough. I came within one bid of buying one many years ago but ran out of money. The 1832 dime is really nice. It was struck with rusted dies, but it still came out really sharp with great detail. It's an NGC MS-65. Philadelphia can be very humid in the summer, and if the mint employees were not careful, the dies could rust. Sometimes they removed the rust, but die polishing can also remove design detail.[/QUOTE]
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