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1928 inverted axis penny

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I believe that this penny is unlisted?? :rolleyes:

Would it be classed as a misstrike rather than a deliberate variety, Bernie? Though it has to be said, an accidental rotation of exactly 180º does make you stop and think.

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I believe that this penny is unlisted?? :rolleyes:

Would it be classed as a misstrike rather than a deliberate variety, Bernie? Though it has to be said, an accidental rotation of exactly 180º does make you stop and think.

That is a puzzler of a question !!! I don't know if it was possible to place a die the wrong way round in the press. Looking at the overall question of varieties, many blundered coins are considered a different variety, such as mules, overdates. :unsure::unsure::unsure::unsure:

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I believe that this penny is unlisted?? :rolleyes:

Would it be classed as a misstrike rather than a deliberate variety, Bernie? Though it has to be said, an accidental rotation of exactly 180º does make you stop and think.

That is a puzzler of a question !!! I don't know if it was possible to place a die the wrong way round in the press. Looking at the overall question of varieties, many blundered coins are considered a different variety, such as mules, overdates. :unsure::unsure::unsure::unsure:

Hm, I'm not sure I agree about mules and overdates. The former is a genuine strike using dies that were deliberately (1926ME) or unintentionally (undated 20p) used together. The latter is a deliberate change to the date, even if the puncher got it wrong. However, grease or other material getting into the die, or a brockage, or something of that sort, is a totally random accident beyond the agency of a human being. That's how I would differentiate them anyway. The 'total random accident' coins just don't interest me at all as they are generally unique and therefore not worth chasing.

That leaves your 1928 penny, which as you say is a genuine mystery, how the dies managed to rotate through 180º.

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On 9/11/2010 at 5:18 PM, Bernie said:

I believe that this penny is unlisted?? :rolleyes:

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Perhaps a few around as i got one a couple of weeks ago .

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On 25 July 2017 at 11:17 AM, PWA 1967 said:

Perhaps a few around as i got one a couple of weeks ago .

I can't believe I didn't spot this April Fool back in 2010! It's all Bernie's fault for posting it in September... :lol: 

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What you on about Peck :D

When i bought it Richard told me he had one and also the Workman one then mine.

Think thats three ;) so cant see any reason why there is not anymore.

 

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Just now, PWA 1967 said:

What you on about Peck :D

When i bought it Richard told me he had one and also the Workman one then mine.

Think thats three ;) so cant see any reason why there is not anymore.

 

Because the obverse edge dink at 7 o'clock shows on the reverse at 11 o'clock, as it would if you rotated the coin through its vertical axis!

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13 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said:

What you on about Peck :D

When i bought it Richard told me he had one and also the Workman one then mine.

Think thats three ;) so cant see any reason why there is not anymore.

 

 

 

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1928 must have been a bad year, I have one rotated by 330 degrees. Does that make it rarer than 180 degrees.

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On 15 August 2017 at 3:35 PM, Gary D said:

1928 must have been a bad year, I have one rotated by 330 degrees. Does that make it rarer than 180 degrees.

:lol:

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