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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;paddyman98, post: 2164025, member: 44615&quot;]You maybe know this already just wanted to share -</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Definition: Die rotation</b> refers to the location of the &quot;top&quot; of the coin&#039;s image when the coin is turned over. For example, if you look at the obverse of a U.S. penny with Lincoln&#039;s head right-side up, and then turn the penny over from top to bottom, the building should be right side up on the&nbsp; reverse. This is called &quot;coin alignment.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>On some commemoratives and nearly all medals, the alignment is the opposite.</p><p>If you turn a medal over from top to bottom, the reverse will be upside down, because &quot;medal alignment&quot; requires that the coin reverse be right-side up when the coin is turned from side to side (rather than from top to bottom.) The reason for medal alignment being different is that medals are frequently hung on ribbons or chains, and if the medal gets turned over, the wearer wouldn&#039;t want his medal to look upside down.</p><p><br /></p><p>So on a medallic alignment such as your coin both Obverse and Reverse faces right side up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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