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Message:: [QUOTE="gxseries, post: 2835102, member: 4373"]With regards to the die rotation for the Meiji coins, I believe the mintmasters struggled to define the exact orientation. There are two alignment that I've noticed - it's either aligned with the two dots on the bottom or the dot on the top. Sometimes it is aligned against the character "Mei" of Meiji. This is after going through after 100+ coins. I can't remember which is more significant but it's certainly there. As of why I believe this is the case, the error coin that I found was aligned to a different dot. A good example is as follow: Aligned to the two dots on the bottom <img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/930952.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Aligned to the dot in between "Great Japan" and "Meiji" <img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/930953.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Aligned to the dot in between "Meiji xx year" and "1 sen" <img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/930963.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> As such, I'm afraid to say that Stock's stunning 1 sen is not an error.[/QUOTE]