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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25607945, member: 101855&quot;]Here is a quick lesson on the four die rotation alignments that have been laid out for the Gobrecht Dollars. Learned this in words in hard. Looking at it with pictures of coins in slabs makes it a bit easier. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two terms that you need to understand. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Coin Rotation</u></b> - The obverse and the reverse are lined up such that when the coin is turned head over heals or on the horizonal axis the obverse and reverse are lined up properly. Nearly all U.S. coins are made this way. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Medal Rotation</u></b> - The obverse and the reverse are lined up so then when the piece is tuned on the vertical axis that the two sides are lined up properly. Most medals are struck this way. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Die Alignment I</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1638920[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coin rotation.</b> The reverse die has the eagle flying &quot;onward and upward&quot; when the is flipped &quot;head over heals.&quot; The experts agree that all of the 1,000, 1836 dated Gobrecht Dollars that were made this way. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Die Alignment II</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1638921[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Medal Rotation.</b> When the piece is flipped on its vertical axis, the eagle on the reverse is flying &quot;onward and upward.&quot; It was once believed that all of the 600, 1836 Gobrecht Dollars that were issued in 1837 were made this way. Now there is a debate because the coin seems to be too scarce to have a mintage of 600.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alignment III</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1638922[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coin Rotation.</b> When the coin is flipped on its horizonal axis the obverse and reverse are in the proper perspective. <b>The eagle is flying horizontally. </b>It was once believed that all of the coins which had eagles flying horizontally were restrikes. Now there are debates about that. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alignment IV</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1638923[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Medal Rotation. </b>When the coin is flipped on its vertical axis, the obverse and reverse line up properly. The eagle is flying horizontally. </p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t get into the debates about how to decide if a coin is an original or a restrike. The only one in which there is no debate is the 1836 original issue coins which were alignment #1. The rest are under discussion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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