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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 1799123, member: 4350&quot;]Something to mention.&nbsp; For those that are really into rotated die errors....older coins with rotated dies, like half cents, large cents and indian cents are more common than modern day rotated die coins.&nbsp; It has to do with how they keyed (or didn&#039;t) the dies into the coining presses. </p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier series of coins were not keyed well in the presses and if they became loose, a die could rotate fairly easily. </p><p><br /></p><p>Modern coins have dies with keys (raised areas) that essentially lock the die in place when the die is installed in the coining press.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In the overall scheme of things, a rotated die on a Statehood quarter, for example could be much more rare as a type coin than a rotated die error on an indian head cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Consequently, older rotated die coins can be found for lesser premiums than you might have to pay for a modern rotated die error.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example,&nbsp; in my years as a collector, I&#039;ve seen dozens of Indian head cents that exhibit degrees of rotated dies.&nbsp; I have seen only one genuine rotated die on a Kennedy half.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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