1792 Louis Ecu upside down? 1 1

[Trevor Vilsack]

Hi everyone! i just purchased https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22855.html. 1792 Ecu with Louis on one side and the angel symbol with the constitution on the other side. The Head of Louis is upside down compared to the angel on the other side and the lettering as well. basically when i turn the coin over its not facing the same direction. Is this normal for this coin? Is this normal for coins in general? ive never seen that. Thanks

[Sandon]

    The "Features" column of the Numista page to which you provided a link indicates that the normal "Orientation" of this issue is "coin alignment", meaning that the dies are supposed to be aligned 180 degrees apart as you describe. Coin alignment, also known as "coin turn", is standard for U.S. coins, but most coins of other countries are struck in "medallic alignment", also known as "medal turn", in which when one side is facing up, so is the other. (However, when you flip over a coin struck in coin alignment instead of rotating it between your thumb and forefinger, each side will be at the same angle.)

   U.S. coins that were mistakenly struck in medallic alignment or other significant deviations from coin alignment are considered mint errors and may be worth a premium as such. See Mint Error Coin Chronicles: Rotated Dies Error | NGC (ngccoin.com).

Edited May 14 by Sandon
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