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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3595095, member: 56859&quot;]Hmm.&nbsp; I think you and I had a private discussion about this four or five years ago.&nbsp; I did put considerable thought into the rotation back then and thought I was correct based on fish anatomy, even though the engraver didn&#039;t show all of the fins a fish would normally have or else they were worn.&nbsp; I found some fish with similar shaped heads as the orientation I used. </p><p><br /></p><p>Archives were of limited use because most of these coins are very worn or otherwise indistinct and the engravers weren&#039;t as concerned as we are about anatomic correctness <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Some have the fish swimming right with o above, some have fish left with o above.&nbsp; Others (the majority) have the psi above.&nbsp; Some have the o and psi in the same field.&nbsp; CNG and other auction houses have sometime oriented the o above and sometimes below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking through archives again I see a double die match to mine and the cataloger decided the fish was swimming left.&nbsp; The coin is slightly higher grade and what I thought was a contour of the fish&#039;s head might instead be pectoral fins, which would make you correct <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=141749" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=141749" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=141749</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/81002730.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]961223[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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