Penny reverse upright like obverse, is this common?

Hi there
I recently found a 1994 penny with the reverse of Lincoln monument upright or in this case upwrong. Anywhoo Ive read that the obverse of a coin is never wrong or an error because its always considered upright. Well on this particular penny when you flip it over the reverse is upside down instead of up, and when you turn is sideways both obverse and reverse, head and monument up are upright. I visited the coin show recently and asked someones opinion of it and actually showed him the coin. He agreed it is a real coin and gave it a good lookover. He said it was rare to find these but it does happen. I am curiouser than george and really want to know...how does this happen? Is it common? How rare is this? And is it much sought after? Honestly I'm interested to know how this happens?

 

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I think some people like rotated die coins, but not sure what premiums they are willing to pay for them.

 

Hi Chip and thank you.

 

1994 is listed on RotatedDies @ 165degrees. I believe someone at LCR had a 180 1994...

 

Are you flipping the coin East/West or North/South?

 

Hi!

My initial habit when observing a coin is South/North flip, but found it odd when the monument was upsidedown on my initial flip from obverse to reverse. I couldn't believe what I was seeing so admittedly I flipped turned in every angle...LOL. Then yes
I flipped it East/West. And for sure both obverse n reverse are upright. Reverse as obvious to me is the full 180 angle.

 

I'm being picky today. The building is the Lincoln Memorial. The obelisk is the Washington Monument. On the other hand, it doesn't matter to me whether you call it a cent or a penny.

Chris

 

Thank you cpm9ball, I'm a new collector and a very entheusiastic learner, thanks for hanging round to educate, you must have lots of friends on this site, n I'm looking forward to meeting them. Any answers to my initial questions on my posting? Glad it was me to make your day, have a great one.

 

Haha, glad to know you will cut some slack, unlike some people

cherrypickermom:

Basically this happens because either the die becomes loose and slowly rotates on it's own, or a mint employee puts it in wrong. I would guess on one that badly rotated that it's an employee mistake, but that's just a guess.

It appears that the 1994 is known for a 165 degree error, which yours could be as the difference between 180 and 165 is pretty small and can be hard to detect. Check out the following webpage: http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/RotatedDies.html

 

@ beef:
Thank you so very much, I do appreciate your taking the time and even as far as sharing a link. I love people with intellect and wisdom....makes me smarter.