Following up on Din X’s observation about
die axis on MALs in the Legion
VIIII post under
fakes, I checked each of mine and this was the distribution:
12:00– 2
1:00– 4
2:00– 2
3:00– 2
4:00– 1
5:00– 6
6:00– 16
7:00– 7
8:00– 2
9:00– none
10:00– 4
11:00– 4
Of the 13 of the above which are
NGC slabbed (roughly 25 percent of the total), the distribution was similar:
1:00– 1
2:00– 2
3:00– 1
5:00– 1
6:00– 3
7:00– 2
8:00– 1
11:00– 2
While clearly not a large enough sample to draw any hard conclusions, the
die axis on 39 of 50 coins was between 11:00 to 1:00 (10) and 5:00 to 7:00 (29). And, 9 of the 13
NGC slabbed coins were in those ranges. Again, not scientific, but do these numbers suggest a lose
mint standard or target of 6:00 and to a lesser degree 12:00? On a quick
search I didn’t find any
work discussing
die axis on the MAL issue. Anyone know of any
work or study on this point?
