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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 168266, member: 39&quot;]The £1 circulation coins (in the UK) and the €2 circulation coins (here in Euroland) use that combination too. </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fake-and-real.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fake-and-real.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fake-and-real.jpg</a> (the upper one is a fake piece)</p><p><a href="http://www.emuenzen.de/galerie/data/500/Vergleich_2_Euro_Rand.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.emuenzen.de/galerie/data/500/Vergleich_2_Euro_Rand.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.emuenzen.de/galerie/data/500/Vergleich_2_Euro_Rand.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, in both cases the &quot;orientation&quot; of the edge inscription is pretty much accidental: First the edge elements (letters, ornaments, etc.) are done, then the obverse and reverse are struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>A side note - for our 2 cent coins another interesting edge variety is used: One incused line that goes all around the edge and &quot;divides&quot; it into two halves ...</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Eurocent_edges_%282%2C10%2C20%29.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Eurocent_edges_%282%2C10%2C20%29.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Eurocent_edges_(2,10,20).jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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