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George V 1911 Halfcrown Axis Rotation

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I managed to pick up two nice examples of 1911 Half crowns recently. The one has the usual alignment of Obverse and Reverse however the better of the two has a noticeable axis rotation. Has anyone else come across this with George V Half crowns and specifically 1911? If this a fairly common thing? I ask as I have not seen this on any of my other George V Half crowns.

 

1911 HC #4 Die alignment small.jpg

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No, but I've got an approximately 35 degree out of true rotation on a 1908 shilling, if that's any help.  So definitely in that ballpark, date wise.

They were very common in the Victoriam era, but not abundantly clear when they stopped. If indeed, they ever did. Although you wouldn't expect to see one today. 

 

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Checked mine. Strait as. Yours is a nice coin a good candiate for the toned coin thread.

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I actually picked up 2 from the same seller at the same time. This was the other:

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