PART VI. Striking Errors:
Die Alignment Errors:
Compounded Misalignment:
Horizontal and Rotated
Definition: This misalignment of the dies occurs when both the hammer and anvil die are not aligned properly during the striking of coins.
1975 Mexico 20 centavos shows a roughly 20% horizontal misalignment of the hammer (obverse or eagle-bearing) die toward what would ordinarily be the 1:00 position. The hammer die is also rotated about 150 degrees clockwise. Since the rotation is so great, we are able to distinguish this from a pivoted die error. A pivoted die error is unlikely to reorient the design more than 90 degrees away from its normal position.