why is this sent back upside down ?

[james gaydos]

hello just got my coins back today, and noticed one is not right, it was sent back upside down. just wondering what happend to the final inspection ?

[cpm9ball]

Your photos didn't post. Can you give us the Cert. # for the "upside down" coin?

 

Chris

[james gaydos]

chris the cert. # is 4220768-002

[PerryHall]

I can't see your pics but I assume your coin is in a slab. Coins sometimes rotate in their holders while being shipped due to vibrations or other jostling while in transit. Try tapping the holder corner on a wooden surface and you should be able to rotate it back.

[wdrob]

 

It is not abnormal in the photo.

 

 

[DWLange]

I took a look at NGC's photos of your 1840-O half dollar in the holder, and it is not upside down. It may seem that way due to the inversion of dies that is standard for USA coins. The dies are rotated about 10 degrees from normal, but this is not too unusual for coins of the period.

[james gaydos]

yes it is slabbed. i tried like you said perry but it did"t work. i dont"t know how to down load pic. on this site

[james gaydos]

i looked at the photo"s on the web site and you are right, it is in the up right position, but now it is up down dwlange

[james gaydos]

thanks all

[RWB]

Turn the little fold-out crank on the side of the holder. That will rotate the coin back so it looks straight.

[Hack]

Below are the ways to post photos:

 

Direct or Photobucket: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3722603#Post3722603

 

Collectivecoin.com: create an account and add coins to your list. To post then, bring up photo, click "forum" and then hit ctrl-V in the forum message window.

 

[coinman1794]

i looked at the photo"s on the web site and you are right, it is in the up right position, but now it is up down dwlange

 

Sometimes a coin's diameter will be slightly off, or the slab is slightly off, and the coin is be able to spin around inside the slab. This can be very subtle or very obvious. It just needs to be reholdered, if it bothers you. If it's the coin itself, switching to the solid gasket usually works.

[e1cnr]

many times you can tap the slab on its side on a table, and the coin will slowly turn

[bstrauss3]

They thought you lived in Australia?

[james gaydos]

thanks for the info hack

[WoodenJefferson]

This half dollar is entombed in a prong holder...I don't think tapping the holder will rotate the coin.

 

I'm trying hard to figure out what is going on here...if your looking at the eagle on the reverse, it will be upside down from the seated liberty on the obverse, that is, if you do a horizontal flip. If you do a vertical flip end to end, the orientation will appear to be normal.

 

Since the label area can only be on one end, the label is oriented with the obverse side of the coin, leaving the tails side of the coin upside down with the reverse label right side up.

 

Now I'm dizzy.

[coinman1794]

This half dollar is entombed in a prong holder...I don't think tapping the holder will rotate the coin.

 

 

Pronged coins tend to spin more easily than full gasket coins, due to there being less contact.

[WoodenJefferson]

This half dollar is entombed in a prong holder...I don't think tapping the holder will rotate the coin.

 

 

Pronged coins tend to spin more easily than full gasket coins, due to there being less contact.

 

Good to know as you have handled more plastic than I ever will...the half dollars I've had in prong holders never moved, not one iota, but I guess on 20th century coins the diameters variate greatly.

[cpm9ball]

This half dollar is entombed in a prong holder...I don't think tapping the holder will rotate the coin.

 

 

Pronged coins tend to spin more easily than full gasket coins, due to there being less contact.

 

I've heard of pronged antelope, but never pronged coins. Maybe Roger can enlighten me.

 

Chris

[RWB]

The "Rotatuscoinii" or "Coin" is a small animal of the antelope family (Bovidae Cephalophinae Rotatuscoini). The most common species has no prongs, but the rare Rocky Mountain Tsetse Fly Pronged Antelope Rotatuscoini male has three prongs in breeding season. Out of breeding season it has four prongs which makes for considerable confusion among the female coin population.

 

When in ritual combat for mates the rotatuscoini fight with their prongs. Strangely, when the prongs of one animal are contacted by those of another, the two animals will rotate counterclockwise, raise one hoof in the air, and light up a big cigar.

 

The behavior is unusual - especially the rotation.

 

 

[cpm9ball]

The "Rotatuscoinii" or "Coin" is a small animal of the antelope family (Bovidae Cephalophinae Rotatuscoini). The most common species has no prongs, but the rare Rocky Mountain Tsetse Fly Pronged Antelope Rotatuscoini male has three prongs in breeding season. Out of breeding season it has four prongs which makes for considerable confusion among the female coin population.

 

When in ritual combat for mates the rotatuscoini fight with their prongs. Strangely, when the prongs of one animal are contacted by those of another, the two animals will rotate counterclockwise, raise one hoof in the air, and light up a big cigar.

 

The behavior is unusual - especially the rotation.

 

 

Oh! I understand now.

 

Thanks, Roger!

 

Chris

[RWB]

You're welcome....amazing what can be found on the internet.