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<p>[QUOTE="wrexx, post: 5364353, member: 114968"]I came across this when placing these two coins in an album. First picture is the two side by side, second pic both coins rolled upwards (feet over head) 3rd and 4th pics rolled left and rolled right. I believe with a U.S. coin if you rolled it upward from a heads up position it comes up in the correct tails position. That same quarter rolled left or right from the heads up position to tails position comes up standing on its head as does the 2Fr. coin but the 1Fr stays in the upright position when rolled either left or right. Is this only a U.S. approach to[ATTACH=full]1228025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1228026[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1228027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1228028[/ATTACH] minting coins, or the one denomination of the FR type purposely minted this way or is this an error and all mints have the same basic ,for nothing better then words, rules for minting coins. If anyone could give me a web site, book name or the correct way to phrase for google I would like to learn other countries minting policies and how their policies and errors compare to ours if all mints do follow a basic set of rules. </p><p>Any help is appreciated and hopefully every one had a safe and healthy holiday.</p><p>Thanks</p><p>Wrexx[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wrexx, post: 5364353, member: 114968"]I came across this when placing these two coins in an album. First picture is the two side by side, second pic both coins rolled upwards (feet over head) 3rd and 4th pics rolled left and rolled right. I believe with a U.S. coin if you rolled it upward from a heads up position it comes up in the correct tails position. That same quarter rolled left or right from the heads up position to tails position comes up standing on its head as does the 2Fr. coin but the 1Fr stays in the upright position when rolled either left or right. Is this only a U.S. approach to[ATTACH=full]1228025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1228026[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1228027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1228028[/ATTACH] minting coins, or the one denomination of the FR type purposely minted this way or is this an error and all mints have the same basic ,for nothing better then words, rules for minting coins. If anyone could give me a web site, book name or the correct way to phrase for google I would like to learn other countries minting policies and how their policies and errors compare to ours if all mints do follow a basic set of rules. Any help is appreciated and hopefully every one had a safe and healthy holiday. Thanks Wrexx[/QUOTE]
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