1974 25¢ Coin With Major Rotated Die Error?

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AshleyG Valued Member United States 102 Posts	Posted 07/06/2023 02:18 am I came across this 1974 25¢ coin. I am just looking at the obverse side and flipped it just like how I would a US penny or US quarter and noticed woah is that normal? I am not familiar with Canadian coins at all and I kno this sounds stupid to most of you but are Canadian coins supposed to be align like US coins? The pictures attached show it obverse side and I just kept the top of coin on table and flipped it back and this is how it looks. Please help this newbie. Thank you Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16344 Posts	Posted 07/06/2023 04:46 am No, this is normal for Canadian coins. And indeed, for most non-US coins these days. "Coin alignment" (the normal die alignment for US coins) has gone out of fashion everywhere else. There used to be several countries in Europe, notably France, that did coin alignment too, but now most of them have switched to the euro, and euro standard alignment is "medal", not "coin". Of course, to the rest of us, it is US coins that are "weird and upside down". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 07/06/2023 10:08 am That sums it up well! Report this Post to the Staff
AshleyG Valued Member United States 102 Posts	Posted 07/06/2023 10:12 pm Awesome thank you so much for that explanation!! I appreciate your time Report this Post to the Staff
john100 Pillar of the Community Canada 5294 Posts	Posted 07/07/2023 10:10 am So this 25 cents is aligned just like a US coin, if so this is a 180 rotation Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5418 Posts	Posted 07/07/2023 3:01 pm Did you flip the coin side-to-side or did you flip in North-South. Medal alignment is like you've won a medal and attached it to a chain, so no matter which E-W side it flips to, you are seeing it right-side up. Coinage is just the opposite ... you have to flip it N-S to have the image right-side up. Report this Post to the Staff
denny7000 Pillar of the Community Canada 940 Posts	Posted 07/07/2023 3:40 pm John100 okiecoiner if you read the OP first post she explains that she flipped the coin as she would any US coin and of course being CND it was different. Report this Post to the Staff
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