there's a 30 degree out there as well...

My friend at work found out that I had an interest in coins when we stopped in a shop I found next to my favorite Indian buffet. I picked out an Indian Head cent folder, green and used and of a type that I like. She mentioned a bag of coins collected through her travels, but said there's nothing old in the bag and surely nothing of value. I said that she might be surprised at the catalog value of some relatively recent world coins and if we found anything I'd get them into some holders for protection. My friend had traveled extensively with a number of Japanese 100 yens, German marks and pfennigs, coins from Finland, Britain and the Netherlands. There were a number of wheat cents and I began to find 1909 VDB cents up to AU condition, however, no S mints unfortunately. And then I discovered the coin that interested me most. It was an 1859 Indian Head Cent, nice details, some corrosion, with a 30 degree die rotation. That cent is now in the green folder (along with the '09 VDBs which make up a nice series from about fine to AU) with a note that the dies are rotated. I figured I must have gotten that folder to give that lone cent a nicer home than a baggie. The wheaties came from grandma and obviously someone had picked out the '09 VDBs. Hopefully her kids enjoy the coins. The '59 in the picture is in my IHC collection and it has about a 90 degree die rotation. If you're a fan of rotated dies, I can tell you that for 1859, there's a 30 degree out there as well...

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