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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 288272, member: 39&quot;]Because that is the only way Americans can claim that they have &quot;coin&quot; alignment while most of the world uses &quot;medal&quot; alignment. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhat more seriously, for everyday use the alignment does in my opinion not really matter. A while ago I read somewhere that, if for some reason you need/want to quickly check the other side of a coin, say using the thumb and digit finger, you do the top-over-bottom flip. This way a US coin will be properly aligned before and after flipping it. Of course, as soon as you put a coin on, say, your middle and ring fingers, and flip it by bending them, a US coin would be upside down.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a collector&#039;s point of view, I prefer the orientation that in the US is called medal alignment. Maybe that is why several countries that used to use &quot;coin&quot; alignment have switched over to &quot;medal&quot; alignment. Makes displaying and watching coins in albums, coin cards, etc. much easier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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