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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is it normal for the reverse to be rotated 90 degrees?
I only have a few world coins and just got to looking at them. It seems like all coin reverses are either aligned with the obverse or rotated 180 degrees.
Is this normal for 2 Euro coins? Edited by Scooby Due
05/08/2010 6:39 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Actually, I guess the profile is right, it's the words that were throwing me off. So maybe it's right.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Most world coins are in "medal alignment" which means that by turning the coin left/right, the design is correct.
In the US, coins are in "coin alignment" which means that they have to be flipped up/down. This is a carry-over from older coins, such as the Spanish Pillar dollar. In fact, Spanish coins up to the transition to the Euro still had coin alignment.
All Euro coins have medal alignment, although (I think...) France, Spain and a few other countries had their former national coins in coin alignment. This is probably because Germany, arguably the biggest part of the EU, have always had (since the Prussian Empire) their coins in medal alignment.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks wd1040, I don't have much in the way of world coins. In fact, I don't even know how I got them, except for 2. I found the bahamas coin roll searching. The Kiwi dollar I got as a souvenir from a friend that went to New Zealand. The rest I have no idea. Anything here worth a closer look?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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whoa.... a 2008 2p already? That's the one with the new shield design. That and the other ones combine to make this. The new design was first released in 2008.  Also, the Ecuador 1c is also the same size as the penny. Ecuador switched over to using the dollar in 2000, but still mints all its own coins. And the Bahamas dollar is at 1:1 with the US dollar. Their coins are the same sizes as ours too, except the 10c and the 15c. A few other members here and I need to drag you to the darkside >:D muahahahaha |
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United States
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Wow! That's really cool! I'm glad I asked. What an awesome idea for a design. I'm really impressed with the concept.
I have no idea how I got that coin. I was going to throw these up as a prize for a contest, but now I may have to reconsider.
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Thailand
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Wow, wd, thanks for that pic. It really pulls them together and such an original idea for a series.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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wd, has the entire series been released yet? Or are they spreading them out like the State Quarter series? I wonder if there is a case to put the coins in that resemble your pics - that would be really cool. Do you know of any? |
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United States
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Quote:... has the entire series been released yet? Or are they spreading them out like the State Quarter series? I wonder if there is a case to put the coins in that resemble your pics - that would be really cool. Do you know of any? That's how they come from the mint (displayed exactly like that in a box) in a year mint (or proof) set since 2008. |
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Germany
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All of the coins have been released for 2008, I think the 50p and perhaps one or two others have not been released for 2009, or at least are not findable.
These are the UK's normal coins now, changing the whole series except the £2 and there are different £1 from the one in the picture for this year too (three, london, belfast and the one in the pic).
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Germany
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All Euro coins have medal alignment, although (I think...) France, Spain and a few other countries had their former national coins in coin alignment. This is probably because Germany, arguably the biggest part of the EU, have always had (since the Prussian Empire) their coins in medal alignment. Right, all euro coins use parallel alignment even though some countries had the inverse alignment before. Saying that this was done because Germany had it before is somewhat strange, however. Most countries, euro or not, use the parallel alignment these days; Switzerland for example (which has nothing to do with the euro) switched a few years ago. Guess it's simply a trend ... What is a little odd about the Dutch €1 and €2 coins is the orientation of the text on the obverse. The inscription (name and title of the queen) is supposed to be vertical, not horizontal. Has been that way for almost 30 years, regardless of the alignment. Christian Edited by chrisild
05/09/2010 1:31 pm
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