What Point On The Obverse Is Deemed The Official Top?

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awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 06:43 am Hi all, sorry about this basic question, but I have searched this forum, links from this forum, the RAMint website, and many other websites thrown up by Google but can't seem to find this out. After reading the recent thread about die rotations I've tried to find out what is officially considered top and bottom points (or even north, south, west, east) of the obverse alignment so I can measure possible rotations against some recognised reference point/s. Can anyone help clarify this for me? javascript:insertsmilie('') Report this Post to the Staff

appleangel07 Pillar of the Community Australia 1607 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 07:10 am Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 08:15 am 1.)I consideer that the obverse is upright when the face is looking straight ahead, level. That is confirmed in this case with the legends are neatly set out either side of a vertical diameter as shown here. Condition 1 is met in this case. Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 04:17 am Report this Post to the Staff
Spikey Norman Valued Member Ireland 131 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 07:04 am Would this rule change on the lady's demise? Like a 90 degree anticlockwise rotation to then rightly portrat her as lying flat on a slab Norm Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 07:12 am Quote: Would this rule change on the lady's demise? Like a 90 degree anticlockwise rotation to then rightly portrat her as lying flat on a slab That quote could of only come from an Irishman Report this Post to the Staff
awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 08:34 am Thanks for that piccie and the other comments, very helpful. Next job for me is to find one. Report this Post to the Staff
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