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 n1totMember
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Joined: 04 Jul 2003
Location: Holyoke Ma.
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 Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 6:55 am |
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Hi gang,back in late 94 I read an article on someone finding a 94 cent with a die rotation of almost 180 degrees.Well,a short time ago I was going through a roll of pennies when I happen to come across one of these little gems and have been trying to find out more information about the coin. I'd like to know how many have been found,seem like after that article in that magazine,I haven't heard much about it.
Brian B. 
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 Bob PSite Admin
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Location: Niceville, Florida
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 2:11 pm |
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Brian,
It is real difficult at best to find out how many rotated dies for a particular coin there are out there. I remember the article you were referring to, and I did a little research on how many of those had been reported. So far, I have found evidence of 6, but two of those were only rotated about 45 degrees. Could be a different die all together. Most people don't turn the coin around and check for rotated dies, so that makes it even more difficult to pin point. To an avid collector of rotated dies, a 180 degree is a great find. Congratulations!
Bob P
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jtwaxNew Member
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Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: Montana
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 4:38 pm |
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Bob PSite Admin
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Location: Niceville, Florida
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 6:53 pm |
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JT and Brian,
Thanks for the link JT. I had been there a year or so ago, but had lost the link. The numbers posted there pretty much confirm the numbers I had found at the time. They don't list anything less than 90 degrees. I have a few bits more of info though. According to a dealer in New Orleans who had dealt almost exclusively with Mint errors including Rotated Dies, he stated that the actual numbers of KNOWN examples of the 1994P Lincoln cent Ritated die was 16. That would move it from a rarity scale of R7 (4-12) to R6 (13-30). His numbers are from the year 2001. In addition, he made mention of speaking with a mint employee who was working the floors during that year. It seems that they had known about two different examples of rotated dies for that year. Both of them were believed to be between 150 and 180 degrees. Few were believed to have made it out of the mint, but in my eyes, I would bet a lot more made it but have never been discovered. Since you found yours recently Brian, there's hope that more can be found if we look hard enough.
Bob P
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