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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2933739, member: 10461&quot;]Not really.&nbsp; It&#039;s only an issue if you construct this holder as a physical thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the virtual version we&#039;re seeing here, as far as display goes, it&#039;s better to see the coins all right-side-up.&nbsp; But that&#039;s why some people record the die axis on their coins (in degrees).&nbsp; Me, I&#039;ve never been that detailed with my statistics, personally.&nbsp; I just show the primary images- which of course are usually in that &quot;shadowbox&quot; template you and [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] have been so helpful with).&nbsp; Then, as a way of showing not only the die axis but also the general size of the coin, I&#039;ll show the alternate slab images.&nbsp; <font size="3">(Obviously that last thing is not going to apply to most folks here who abhor the plastic coffins.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This discussion had me looking at my ancients, and most of them seem to be fairly consistently aligned, though the owl looks a <i>tiny</i> bit rotated on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=&amp;vpar=64&amp;zpg=91218&amp;fld=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=&amp;vpar=64&amp;zpg=91218&amp;fld=" rel="nofollow">FORVM did list this as having a 180-degree die axis</a>, though, so I suppose it&#039;s not really that rotated after all.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m discovering that the ancients seem to have been a bit more consistent about this than subsequent eras.&nbsp; Interesting.&nbsp; I suspect if I were to I check my medieval coins, that might be a different story...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/N4MrZFrZSua3wJa6OCPq_Taras-Calabria-drachm-050653-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Ac6EpH2RF2W3yhEYyeZT_NGC4280918-003_OBV.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/O3XhlJJSIeZSjmDdF2Ih_NGC4280918-003_REV.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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