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DIME New Member Canada 6 Posts	Posted 04/20/2014 08:47 am Could someone tell me the difference between medal & coinage example 1867/1982 constitution dollar like how to tell one from the other Report this Post to the Staff

john100 Pillar of the Community Canada 5324 Posts	Posted 04/20/2014 08:52 am Coinage is an upset die, the reverse of the coin is 180 degrees upside down, not too many around. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/20/2014 10:00 am Simple rule for medal vs coin alignment. Just imagine a medal suspended on a ribbon from the neck: First of all, the obverse should appear upright, then turn the medal upwards vertically, with a HORIZONTAL axis. The reverse should now appear upright. This is the normal way that a suspended medal would be turned. Kennedy half dollars have medal alignment. If a Kennedy half dollar is turned over with a horizontally, with a VERTICAL axis the reverse will appear upside down. Coins are unencumbered with ribbons, but suspended medals worn from the neck are. Olympic medals are an example of this. Report this Post to the Staff
DIME New Member Canada 6 Posts	Posted 04/20/2014 12:08 pm thank you for the info Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 04/25/2014 11:24 am Sorry to disagree SEL, but the CCF Glossary says - "Medal Orientation When the rotation axis of the two dies of a coin is zero. That is, when a coin's obverse is facing the viewer "right way up" and the coin is held at top and bottom and turned over, the reverse now appears "right way up" too. The opposite is "coin rotation"." Report this Post to the Staff
HawkHybrid Valued Member United Kingdom 183 Posts	Posted 04/25/2014 12:04 pm sel's explanation sounds complicated to me my understanding is if you flick a coin, coin orientation means it will always show upright in one direction. if you look at a medal orientated item stuck to a ribbon and then switch the sides left or right. it will always be upright. HH Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 04/25/2014 5:42 pm HH got it ! Report this Post to the Staff
OldCoinGuy Valued Member Canada 154 Posts	Posted 04/25/2014 10:48 pm I am on sel_691's side. This has been my understanding of medal vs coinage since my uncle started me in coin collecting in mid 50s. That is why they call it medal orientation. The older vets seem to support that classification. Somehow it has changed over the decades. Report this Post to the Staff
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