1952 Belgium Franc - Clarification Needed Between KM#s

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mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 10/01/2013 6:12 pm Hello, After browsing the NGC foreign coin site for the above coin I first viewed all of my options for this coin at: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...1vs143.2.jpg[/img Then placed a couple of applicable KM #s side-by-side to more easily differentiate between the ones in question: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...2Details.jpg[/img The primary difference that I can see is that the km# 143.2 has â€˜medal alignment', which I am not familiar with. Please provide me a visual and written example of this term, 'medal alignment' and any other feature(s) that cause(s) these two coin types to be different from one another. Thanks, mdpmedia Report this Post to the Staff

NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17943 Posts	Posted 10/01/2013 7:39 pm "Medal alignment" is when the obverse and reverse designs are the same way up. "Coin alignment" is when the obverse is upside down in relation to to the reverse. I've never seen a Belgian franc of this type with medal alignment. Perhaps they were issued in specimen / BU sets? (French coins of 1991-3 struck for BU sets had medal alignment whereas circulation coins of those years all had coin alignment). My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 10/02/2013 03:46 am An easy way to remember coin and medal alignment is to imagine if the coin or medal was suspended and hung from a ribbon around the neck. If you wanted to see the other side, it would be natural to turn the coin vertically (on a horizontal axis) if suspended from the ribbon, so the the other side could be seen. When this happens, a medal's reverse side should now apprear upright. It is easier to do that if there are a number of medals on a suspension bar on the chest. Conversely, rotating the coin around a vertical axis to see the reverse upright would mean it has coin alignment. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 10/02/2013 03:54 am Coin Orientation: US Medal Orientation: UK Report this Post to the Staff
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