I can't stand coins that have rotated dies. It's not so bad with raw coins, but when the coin is slabbed if the reverse isn't perfectly aligned with the obverse, I stay away. They just look bad to me. I'm OCD and I think that's part of the reason I like non-rotated coins. This is one of the main requirements for graded coins. Do you care if dies or rotated or are you like me and like coins where the reverse is lined up?
I'm a more than a little OCD myself, but this issue doesn't bother me much if at all. Collecting as many ancient and medieval coins as I do, one comes to accept any kind of die rotation. Though the coin did not have rotated dies, I must have seemed really OCD to NGC Ancients when I returned a Vespasian denarius to them for reholdering, after they holdered it with the reverse facing forward. David Vagi sent me a letter explaining that they did that to showcase the popular "Judaea Capta" reverse type, which I can understand, but as my Twelve Caesars collection were all in the box with the portraits of the emperors face up, that irked me. I looked through my slabbed pieces from the current Box of 20 and only saw a couple whose die rotation seemed slightly off-kilter. I've had others that were more extreme, though.
@bugo It doesn't bother me nearly as much as people who use "your" when they should use "you're" or "there" instead of "their". Chris
Or perhaps: "their". This place is made up of all kinds of folks including those who misuse our grammar, language, and usage. Let's stay focused on "rotated dies."
I am not too keen on ancients or medieval coins with rotated dies, but on modern coins they are sort of interesting. But on modern coins they can also be a warning that you may be looking at a counterfeit.
Not opinion? Not opinion? Not opinion? I was referencing your earlier comment about "staying focused on rotated dies". It had nothing to do with grammar, etc. Chris
Hummmm. HUmmmm, HUMMMMM... "It doesn't bother me nearly as much as people who use 'your' when they should use 'you're' or 'there' instead of 'their'." Chris ..."their". is incorrect. If you wish to correct a member's post, please be correct yourself.
