1883-O Morgan Die Rotation

[AuMorgan82110-migration]

I know I've seen this question posted before, but how far do the obverse and reverse have to be out of alignment before the coin is considered a die rotation? I recently bought a nice, although very dark, morgan with the eagles head at about 10 o'clock when flipped end for end. Is this enough for a premium, or is it wishfull thinking?

[bsshog40]

I think it's 15%.

[PaulS.]

That sounds like it would likely be enough for a mint error designation. Rotated dies on Morgan Dollars are not very common.

 

 

 

-Paul

[AuMorgan82110-migration]

Thanks for the info. I'm surprised to hear that rotated Morgans aren't that common. I would have thought that 120 years ago, the mint wouldn't have had such strict quality control as they do now. Although, after reading about some of the ASE and other proof sets that some memebers have received, the quality control at todays mint sounds terrible. That being said, this one may be a canidate for the submission envelope.

[L1ncolnF4n]

Thanks for the info. I'm surprised to hear that rotated Morgans aren't that common. I would have thought that 120 years ago, the mint wouldn't have had such strict quality control as they do now. Although, after reading about some of the ASE and other proof sets that some memebers have received, the quality control at todays mint sounds terrible. That being said, this one may be a canidate for the submission envelope.

 

Strict quality control...that's funny.