Been trying to avoid asking this question...

I've been trying to find the answer to this pretty elementary question on my own, to no avail.

I'm looking at the eagle on the reverse of a Morgan. If a grading book tells you to look for wear on it's left wing, is it the left wing as you're looking at the coin, or the eagle's left wing? No eye-rolls!

Thanks.

 

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Perfectly reasonable question.

It's YOUR left as you view the coin (i.e. eagle's right).

 

Hey TC2007, here's a good rule of thumb...

If I say one thing and Doug says something else, listen to Doug.

And here come the dreaded eye-rolls... :rolling:

 

Lol glad there's no confusion on this one! :mouth:

 

Left Right; Left Right.

:secret: Now, if you hold that same coin up to a mirror the left wing will be on the right. Oh, geeeze, I think I just confused the issue. RIGHT? Have I LEFT anything out. Now what's right or what's left? This ain't right.:goofer:

Bruce

 

been trying............................

............it depends if you are speaking as the eagle.

 

If he's right handed but goes to the left and he's below the equator, is he going clockwise or counter clockwise? Which way does the toilet flush in your world . . . to the left counter clockwise or to the right, clockwise? Do tornatoes spin the same direction as a hurricane or a Cyclone? When is it hail and when is it freezing rain? :loud: Lol. Is the book read or red or both?

 

You have toilets that flush in your world ?
WOW


kona

 

Lol! :mouth: It's a public privey, but yes there are those that own them outright!

 

Tom, that's a good question that I never thought of. Thanks for bringing it up.

 

Not to argue (ok, maybe just a little) but if this is the case, why do they do just the opposite for which ways the busts face? We all know Lincoln faces right. But in this language, that would be wrong. He's facing his left.

Geeze....now I'm confused!!
Guy~

 

That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification Doug. See, even those of us who have collected for many years learn something new every day
Guy~

 

LOL! So the left wing is adjacent to the right field of the reverse and vice-versa and that's all there is to it. Or is that the left field of the reverse because that's how the eagle is looking at it? :rolling:

 

When you look at the reverse of a Buffalo 5 Cent coin you can only see the left side of the animal. When you say it's a full horn your can only be talking about the LEFT HORN. as the right one is hidden.

Same thing here: No Roosevelt right ear(10 cents); no Washington's right ear (25 cents)

We are talking about the orientation of the animal or person on the coin.
Hey, it took me a short while to figure that one out myself.

Bruce

 

Since an Eagle probably couldn't answer, it would be up to a Eagle viewer to figure out if the left wing is when your looking at the front of the Eagle or from the rear. Sort of the same with a car. People say the driver is on the left but what if your looking at the car as it comes towards you. Then the driver is on the right. If you Xrayed the coin, the Eagle's wings would be reversed from what you see if you just look at the reverse or would they be? The biggest problem is when the dies are made, the image is reversed on the coins so the left is really the right. Or is it?

 

hahahah we missed you for sure

 

Please don't ask Toad or Spock that question.

Interesting thread. I guess I am glad to have books to show were to look. I never really thought about the perspective.