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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1652047, member: 19463&quot;]Both sides are shown in the photo.&nbsp; The issue was not consistent regarding the die axis.&nbsp; Some were oriented as US coins, inverted or 6H.&nbsp; Some were like British coins, medal format, upright or 12H.&nbsp; The new half was oriented half way between at 9H so the body of the croc was behind Augustus and the legend COL NEM was behind Agrippa.&nbsp; I have seen one very roughly broken coin that had two necks and one head (I think it was Augustus&#039;) but I think that was a failure rather than intentional break.&nbsp; All others were separated between the two portraits.&nbsp; I did see one whole coin that had a straight chisel cut between the portraits but had not been broken.&nbsp; It was like a kit ready to be made into change if needed.&nbsp; I wanted that one but the seller valued it higher than I did.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose any coin could be broken for change but the practice seems to have been a regular practice on these adversed portrait coins.&nbsp; I&#039;m not suggesting that you should buy a half coin for full price but these are not defective items as much as they are asses the way the practice of the day produced them.&nbsp; To my eye, the random die axis orientation making the pairings of remaining detail equally random adds to the interest of the series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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