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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 5365167, member: 24633"]The US uses <i><b>coin alignment</b></i> (heads up/tails down) when producing coins and <i><b>medal alignment</b></i> (heads up/tails up) when producing medals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many, many years ago, I purchased a complete set of 1-5/16" Presidential bronze medals (Washington to Clinton) from the Mint, all of which were struck in <i><b>medal alignment</b></i> except Lyndon B. Johnson and George H. W. Bush. Both of these medals were struck in <i><b>coin alignment</b></i>. I can only assume that the person running the press at the time those medals were made was used to setting up for coins, not medals.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 5365167, member: 24633"]The US uses [I][B]coin alignment[/B][/I] (heads up/tails down) when producing coins and [I][B]medal alignment[/B][/I] (heads up/tails up) when producing medals. Many, many years ago, I purchased a complete set of 1-5/16" Presidential bronze medals (Washington to Clinton) from the Mint, all of which were struck in [I][B]medal alignment[/B][/I] except Lyndon B. Johnson and George H. W. Bush. Both of these medals were struck in [I][B]coin alignment[/B][/I]. I can only assume that the person running the press at the time those medals were made was used to setting up for coins, not medals.:woot:[/QUOTE]
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