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I don't know why, but I have it in my head that all left facing busts are rarer and in turn worth more, is this true?
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 They alternate, Edward VIII wanted to break the tradition but abdicated before he could commission the coins. We had talked about this last month on "How far back can we go? Second Edition!" I don't remember which page but sometime in the 1930's I think. Edited by ASLAN TVorlon
02/21/2014 1:09 pm
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While not really rare per say they are less common and popular with collectors. For that reason they do tend to be worth a little more than the right facing ones.
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Interesting fact there Aslan :)
TBH, I never noticed with UK coins that they do swop and change, was Edward just awkward?
I was thinking more with Roman coins, but I am glad you posted, an interesting fact to pass on :)
Thanks Ech, a batch of coins I am looking at has one in and I wasn't sure if I should be expecting to pay more for the left Facing bust
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I really need to read the topic headings better, I saw you were from the UK and assumed. Glad to pass on the info, and about Eddie he wanted to change too much according to some that is why he was forced to abdicate, the whole Wallace Simpson thing was just convenient as an excuse. But then again a twice divorced starlet being called Queen WALLY...  you could imagine Q5 and Monty Python having a lot of fun with that one  |
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Don't think that just because a coin has a left facing bust it is more rare, for some series it is quite normal and a right facing bust would be more rare.
The VLPP from Siscia have both left and right facing busts- helmeted and cuirassed face right while helmeted, cuirassed with spear (and sometimes shield) face left (except for some rare examples)and these left facing type are pretty common.
Jovian and Julian II have many votives with left facing busts.
If you buy a group of coins with a left facing bust because you think it might be rare, you will probably be disappointed.
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They are all common, though the last two might have a little more value than the rest once they are cleaned.
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Those are all common left facing bust types, in fact the second and third pictures are city commemoratives (VRBS ROMA & CONSTANTINOPOLIS) and are always left facing. When you are talking about coins with adjuncts (spear, shield etc.) like the fourth coin from Crispus, left facing coins are the norm, right facing tend to be the scarce ones.
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Left facing busts are incredibly rare for some emperors, but the norm for others.
I have a left facing Victorinus - he only issued 1 type facing left, according to wildwinds.
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