Quarter... Reverse not in alignment with obverse

How much would you think it's worth? I already know condition means everything. But let's just say it's an au 55. This quarter is not graded by PCGS. Also what is your perspectives of importance on this type of error?

 

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If the depicted relationships are accurate, it is a significant rotated die error. These are not overly valuable though so probably less than $15 more than $5. That is just a guess, errors are not my collecting specialty.

 

It's under 20 degree rotation, So I'd place it around the $10 mark,But you can post on ebay and see what you get. Best of luck!

 

If the reverse photo is accurate,
it's about 100 degrees rotated,
and worth about $50, give or take,
imo.

 

Fred just asking but how is that 100 degrees rotation?

 

Given that the eagle's head should be at 6 o'clock and the obverse photo is rotated very slightly CCW, the eagle's head in the actual position is rotated just short of 90 degrees (3 o'clock). Of course, this is based on the assumption that the photos are taken accurately.

Chris

 

Because if the reverse pointed to 3:00, it would
be a 90 degree rotation.

From the photo, the rev. is pointing to 3:30 or 4:00.

It's either 100, or 110 degree, or thereabouts.

 

I agree that my original assumption was wrong, But I see now the rotation is short of 90. I'm still curious of the 100.

 

So shouldn't that be less than 90? I'm just trying to figure this rotation thing out.

 

If the to of the reverse of a coin points to 3:00 or 9:00,
it's a 90 degree rotation, or a 90 degree counter-clockwise rotation.

If the top of the reverse points to 6:00m, it's a 180 degree rotation

If the top of the reverse points to 1:30 or 10:30,
it's a 45 degree rotation, or a 45 degree counter-clockwise rotation.

 

It's so much easier for us to tell if the coin is mounted in a 2x2 cardboard flip. "Coin turn" always shows the reverse upside-down.

I'm assuming that your original image of the reverse was taken by rotating the coin east-to-west. However, if you rotated the coin north-to-south, then Fred would be correct.

Chris

 

I rotated the coin, North and South. I took the coin with the date directly at 6, then slowly turned the coin over. Thanks everyone for your great replies. Very informative.