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I have been a collector for 30 years. Recently, my uncle gave me some coins that were my grandfather's to sell for the family. If I had the money, I would've just bought them all then and there. Instead, I picked a few out and was preparing to sell the rest. As I was taking scans for eBay listings, I noticed an odd scan of a coin that was upside down. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the reverse was upside down from what it is supposed to be. I tried doing some research, but haven't found anything at all. The most perplexing part is that it seems the coin was circulated for some time, before being retired. I guess my questions are: Has anyone else seen or heard of a 2-cent error coin similar? How about any other coins? What is the probability of the coin being fake? (I inspected closely, but I'm still in denial.) Will PCGS certify an error? Any idea of value?

 

Any information at all will be appreciated and helpful.

 

Paul

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I'm trying to figure out how to post the pics here. I don't think they will help much though, the error is an upside down die or something like that. I'm not sure - I haven't seen anything like it on a coin before, only on currency. When you turn the coin over, the reverse is upside down.

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Sounds like a rotated die error; according to this site, that's relatively common for the 1864 2¢ piece. A comment on this site suggests that one in every twenty 1864 2¢ has medal alignment (both sides point up the same way) which is unspeakably common for an error (with a population that large, I'd call it a variety rather than an error), but unfortunately they don't give a source for that statistic.

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Sounds like a rotated die error; according to this site, that's relatively common for the 1864 2¢ piece. A comment on this site suggests that one in every twenty 1864 2¢ has medal alignment (both sides point up the same way) which is unspeakably common for an error (with a population that large, I'd call it a variety rather than an error), but unfortunately they don't give a source for that statistic.

 

Fascinating, ikaros. Thanks for digging up that tidbit for us. I'll have to keep my eyes out for the "variety" next time I check out a bunch of 2 cent pieces.

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Yeah, I was surprised at the numbers. I haven't got any two cent pieces; I'd kind of like to find one of these myself.

 

There never has been a US coin that was normally medal-aligned, was there?

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I think there was but I can't remember which... Maybe some of the early dollar varieties (varieties as stated by the Red Book). Patterns (but those aren't regular issues). Hmm...

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