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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 653749, member: 7638&quot;]A while back I posted on a thread- forgot which one- that each of the 4 mintmarks (reverse dies) of the 1916-d dime is paired with a specific rotation of the reverse. This could be useful in determining if a coin is fake, simply by observing the position of the fasces relative to vertical. The coin just needs to be in some sort of holder to provide a reference frame for judging the rotation. The four mintmarks for the 1916-d dime are:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/fakes%20and%20forensics/1916ddime4mmpositions.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/fakes%20and%20forensics/1916ddime4mmpositions.jpg" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="color: Red">edited - I hate to do this but posting copyrightred material on CT is not permitted, so I changed it to a link instead of an image</span></p><p><br /></p><p>the small image in the center is a counterfeit mm, I was not able to remove it from the image. mintmark 1 is upper left; mm 2 is lower left; mm 3 is upper right; 4 is lower right.</p><p><br /></p><p>pretend that the fasces are aligned with the hour hand of a clock. For mm1, the rotation is ccw to 11:45; for mm2--cw to 1:00; mm3-cw 12:45; mm4-- cw 12:15. </p><p>(ccw=counterclockwise,cw=clockwise)</p><p>I hope this is of some help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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