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Another 5 $ nickel from NGC
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I don't quite understand, what are you asking. You get what you pay for. If you don't ask for mint error and pay for it, they don't put it on, simple as that. show the reverse so we can see the rotated reverse.

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    "They" didn't miss anything. NGC requires the payment of an error attribution fee (currently $18) to attribute a mint error such as a severe die break or a substantially rotated die. The submitter probably didn't want to pay this fee, in which the case NGC does not make the attribution. (The holder style and six-digit serial number indicate that this coin was submitted many years ago.)

   NGC will attribute a coin as having been struck from rotated dies only if the coin shows at least 15 degrees of rotation. See the recent article Mint Error Coin Chronicles: Rotated Dies Error | NGC (ngccoin.com).  Without seeing a reverse view of the coin in its holder, we can't tell whether the rotated die might have been attributable. Generally, "NGC does not recognize as mint error coins those with minor die chips, breaks and rotations, etc., that fall within our interpretation of mint tolerance. The determination of what constitutes a mint error is at the discretion of NGC." Variety vs. Mint Error | NGC (ngccoin.com).

   As you enjoy collecting coins with these features, it might be better for you that they are not commonly attributed, as sellers would then be more likely to ask for a premium for coins with them. Isn't it better that you can just "cherrypick" what you like from uncertified and unattributed certified coins for a more favorable price?   

   

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Here is the reverse. 15% thats so 1700's ?..  You would think modern day technology even in the 1940s the mint would get rotation within 1%. Anything more than 1% should be an error.. 

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