Coin orientation

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Coin orientation (or coin alignment or variations of these) is the relation of the vertical orientation of the images on the obverse and reverse sides of coins to one another. The two basic relations are called medallic orientation and coin orientation. Other orientations can occur in error coins when the images on the obverse or reverse dies are rotated from their intended orientations.