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biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 03:31 am Report this Post to the Staff

trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 05:57 am All 4 of these men are dead and still the only one looking forward is Lincoln Report this Post to the Staff
Tim Stroud Pillar of the Community United States 2661 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 09:17 am The ones looking forward or backwards is left up to an individuals perspective. You do bring up a good point however. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to which way the person depicted on the obverse faces. Some of our early coinage had the person facing right, as well as the Native American on the Buffalo nickle, and Mrs. Anthony on the SBA dollar. I guess it was left up to the engraver to decide what they wanted to do. Report this Post to the Staff
nod2003 Pillar of the Community United States 3294 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 09:24 am Lincoln also forgot his signature hat. Report this Post to the Staff
stevex6 Pillar of the Community 3352 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 10:21 am That's interesting ... their direction seems a bit random, eh? In Canada, it is a bit more systematic ... the left-right orientation switches each time a new monarch is coined!! Queen Victoria King Edward VII (aka, Fast Eddie) King George V NOTE => Edward VIII "Abdicated" and decided to chase Mrs. Simpson rather than become the King of England ... but apparently they still counted Eddie-VIII in the ol' Portrait-switcheroo!! ... below, is a portrait of Prince Eddie-VIII on a $5 bill ... Eddie-VIII would have been facing right, so they ended-up facing his younger brother (King George VI) to the left ... get it? King George VI Queen Elizabeth Edited by stevex6 05/19/2012 10:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
wulffy11 Pillar of the Community United States 543 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 10:39 am Jefferson now faces the same direction that Lincoln does, so now there's a divide. Among the main circulating coins bigfredd has pictured, half face forward (Lincoln, Jefferson) and the other backward (Washington, Roosevelt). Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 10:49 am When the patterns were prepared Edward insisted that the tradition of opposing facing was broken, for he considered facing left was more flattering to him. Bertie (KG6) "restored" the tradition. Report this Post to the Staff
stevex6 Pillar of the Community 3352 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 11:12 am Really? => thanks svslav, that's very interesting ... man, Eddie-VIII was against the grain in more ways than one!! ... I never was that good at history!! Edited by stevex6 05/19/2012 11:13 am Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 11:27 am Quote: Lincoln also forgot his signature hat. Abe would have to be shrunk down pretty far. Report this Post to the Staff
stevex6 Pillar of the Community 3352 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 11:29 am Hey, maybe Abe's hat could have been the coin's reverse!!? Report this Post to the Staff
stevex6 Pillar of the Community 3352 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 11:35 am I must admit that it was a pretty cool hat ... Report this Post to the Staff
Kefiroth Pillar of the Community United States 1431 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 2:12 pm I wonder what kind of stuff he would hide in there while wearing it. Report this Post to the Staff
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