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United States
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I've always placed coins in albums obverse out and while moving a Statehood Quarters set from Whitman to Dansco it occurred to me that the reverse was the unique face of the coin and began to place the pairs as one obverse and one reverse. I'm wondering how others display their coins in albums?
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United States
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I'm doing the same with them. D's are showing reverse, P's are showing obverse. I like the way that looks in the album.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As a rule I usually have showing the face that has the date on it. Often that side is the more unique and interesting as well.
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Canada
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United States
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I'm doing the same with them. D's are showing reverse, P's are showing obverse. I like the way that looks in the album.
for the State Quarters or other coins that have multiple reverse designs I do the same. all others with the same reverse I do obverse up |
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United States
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That's a good idea, never thought of one up and one down. I have always put the obverse date side up until the State Quarters came along. I put all of them Reverse Up because of the designs. |
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United States
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I think they look better with both reverses up. I know what Washington looks like but all those reverses are glorious en mass.
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 United States
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 My Statehood Quarter Album has reverse up on all coins. All of my other albums have obverse up, of course.  |
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United States
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Since I live on the east coast, I tend to find mostly P mint coins. I place all my P mint State Quarters with the Reverse showing and I display the Obverse of the Denver mint. |
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United States
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Quote:My Statehood Quarter Album has reverse up on all coins. All of my other albums have obverse up, of course. Same with me. For a while I tried to put the State Quarters in the face up method and realized I was going nuts trying to figure out which is what. So I turned them all over so the right State is next to each other. Hopefully we will not have any more of this situation. |
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United States
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I mix it up for coins like Walking Liberty halves, Buffalo nickels, and older Jefferson nickels that have the mint mark on the reverse. Everything except for cents, I guess. The P mint (no MM) is obverse up, the others are reverse up. All War Nickels show reverse. Basically, if there's something worth noting on the reverse, I'll show it. I like it and think it breaks up the monotony. -wheatiefan |
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United States
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I am a big fan of the obverse up on coins. But I do agree with many, in that the State Quarters looked good with the reverse up, and not having to look back to see what state it is. It was also hard to look at the states upside down, and having to flip the book over to see them right. |
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United States
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Normally my coins are all obverse up except for the State Quarters and the 4 2009 Lincoln cents. For these, it's "P" coins reverse up to show design and "D" coins obverse up to show date and MM. |
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Australia
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For my world coins, I show the side that is "more interesting" to me. Typically, it's the side that has more information on it.
Canadian coins, for instance, are always reverse-side-up, because all the information you need to know about the coin (country, denomination, year) is almost always on the reverse, while the obverse is just the monarch and his/her titles.
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United States
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Besides, it's the reverse of the Canadians that is the best looking! Obverse up, they look British. |
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United States
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I have put the reverse of the Statehood Quarters "up" in my album. Will do the same with the national-park series too. Jim |
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Posted 10/15/2009 10:03 pm
