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<p>[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 6546538, member: 40017"]Agreed - the lettering on British coin edges is roughly 50/50 which way up it will appear, and rotationally can start anywhere around the coin. The edge and faces are struck in two different processes and in between the coins are held in a hopper, so there can be no control on the orientation of the edge.</p><p>Beware - on Ebay there are always lots of sellers trying to charge a premium for "upside down edge", which is a con.</p><p>On the new bi-metallic £1 coin there is an edge variation depending on whether the milling on the edge at the base of the portrait starts to the right or left of the truncation. Correct is to the right, but left (a leftie) occurs fairly frequently. They do command a slight premium but are not really that rare - ~5% of the population.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 6546538, member: 40017"]Agreed - the lettering on British coin edges is roughly 50/50 which way up it will appear, and rotationally can start anywhere around the coin. The edge and faces are struck in two different processes and in between the coins are held in a hopper, so there can be no control on the orientation of the edge. Beware - on Ebay there are always lots of sellers trying to charge a premium for "upside down edge", which is a con. On the new bi-metallic £1 coin there is an edge variation depending on whether the milling on the edge at the base of the portrait starts to the right or left of the truncation. Correct is to the right, but left (a leftie) occurs fairly frequently. They do command a slight premium but are not really that rare - ~5% of the population.[/QUOTE]
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