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I don't know how the rotation of coins are determined, but they surely are interesting. The United States and Canada work in opposite way when you flip a coin to the other side. Rotated horizontally, you would find that US coins should face up, while Canadian coins face down.
One interesting side factor about the rotation is that if a United States coin is flipped (say, horizontally) and the other side does not stand in the right direction, the coin had been produced as an error and is sought by coin collectors. The value would be determined by its face value and how "off" the other side is facing; for example, if you hold a quarter so George Washington's head is facing up and you flip it horizontally to find the eagle facing down, the coin would get its maximum value of around $50, if I recall properly.
Sorry for going off in my own world for a moment, I just find the world of numismatics so fascinating, couldn't resist 
Example of a ~30 degree rotatied die error:
![[image loading]](http://www.us-coin-values-advisor.com/images/Rotated-Die-Obv-and-Rev.jpg)
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I think your wrong with the Canadian example all of the spare change in my room rotates horizontally, cool thread though.
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On May 31 2010 15:54 Antiochus wrote:
I think your wrong with the Canadian example all of the spare change in my room rotates horizontally, cool thread though.
How can that be.... I am Canadian too.
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No idea, Canada dollar and 2 dollar both flip horizontally for me~
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That is pretty weird I just went though about 100 different coins ranging between the 60's to 2010 and all of them rotated horizontally. Maybe the coins rotate differently in different parts of the country  I'm in Ontario where are you?
This doesn't make any sense at all.
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On May 31 2010 16:15 Antiochus wrote:That is pretty weird I just went though about 100 different coins ranging between the 60's to 2010 and all of them rotated horizontally. Maybe the coins rotate differently in different parts of the country I'm in Ontario where are you? This doesn't make any sense at all.
OK I think I made a silly mistake on the terminologies (I blame 3:30AM). I was thinking about the axis of rotation being "vertical". Let me fix that....
Antiochus I am really sorry! Slap me 
On May 31 2010 16:24 eLiE wrote:
my ontario coins all rotated horizontal as well. what a funny thread
The silliness was unintentional 
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Aussie coins flip horizontally
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my ontario coins all rotated horizontal as well. what a funny thread
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
uh this massachusetts quarter rotates vertically
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It flips horizontally
![[image loading]](http://www.monetariastatului.ro/assets/50bani.jpg)
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everything but the american funny money seems to flip horizontally for me. canadian, czech crowns (old school!) and euros but everything i have in american is vertically. i blame their backwards imperial system!
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Danish kroner flips horizantally
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British pound also horizontal flippage.
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Horizontal rotation on the dutch euro coins (and also on a coin with a head stretching the limits of available space)
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japanese yen flips horizontally.
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Yen also has horizontal "flippage".
*edit, too slow
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how can u be not sure how the portuguese coin is in correct position?
Its written "portugal" on it......if thats in correct position(it is on ur pic) when the coin is in correct position....
do you fail to read the "portugal"?
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Also it seems like every coin flips horizontally, just not the american ones....
Like the metric system...
Would be interesting to see how coins from myanmar or liberia since they also dont use the metric system
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Norwegian Kroner report:
They all flip horizontally, except for the "50 øre" coin, which is 0.5 NOK, which either way you flipped it, you still had to do a 90 degree spin to line it up. Huh, weird.
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Korean Won... also flips __________, well you must have guessed it by now :p
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On May 31 2010 15:12 ilovezil wrote:I don't know how the rotation of coins are determined, but they surely are interesting. The United States and Canada work in opposite way when you flip a coin to the other side. Rotated horizontally, you would find that US coins should face up, while Canadian coins face down. One interesting side factor about the rotation is that if a United States coin is flipped (say, horizontally) and the other side does not stand in the right direction, the coin had been produced as an error and is sought by coin collectors. The value would be determined by its face value and how "off" the other side is facing; for example, if you hold a quarter so George Washington's head is facing up and you flip it horizontally to find the eagle facing down, the coin would get its maximum value of around $50, if I recall properly. Sorry for going off in my own world for a moment, I just find the world of numismatics so fascinating, couldn't resist Example of a ~30 degree rotatied die error:
thanks, now i'll be checking both sides of every coin i ever get ever
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On May 31 2010 20:46 MasterReY wrote:
how can u be not sure how the portuguese coin is in correct position?
Its written "portugal" on it......if thats in correct position(it is on ur pic) when the coin is in correct position....
do you fail to read the "portugal"?
Well, to be fair, if gaudi designed a church you wouldn't be able to tell the top appart from the bottom..
My euro's flip horizontally; btw 'flip horizontally' is an ambiguous term. If the coin lies in the vertical plane, The axis I flip it around is vertical; it's perpendicular to the horizontal plane. but the rotational movement lies in the horizontal plane.
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On May 31 2010 20:46 MasterReY wrote:
how can u be not sure how the portuguese coin is in correct position?
Its written "portugal" on it......if thats in correct position(it is on ur pic) when the coin is in correct position....
do you fail to read the "portugal"?
I know what you are saying, but the problem is that the one I received was rather worn out so I couldn't identify the "POR" part.
On May 31 2010 21:53 Navane wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2010 20:46 MasterReY wrote:
how can u be not sure how the portuguese coin is in correct position?
Its written "portugal" on it......if thats in correct position(it is on ur pic) when the coin is in correct position....
do you fail to read the "portugal"?
Well, to be fair, if gaudi designed a church you wouldn't be able to tell the top appart from the bottom.. My euro's flip horizontally; btw 'flip horizontally' is an ambiguous term. If the coin lies in the vertical plane, The axis I flip it around is vertical; it's perpendicular to the horizontal plane. but the rotational movement lies in the horizontal plane.
By horizontally, we all mean that it flips the same way as MS Paint.
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On May 31 2010 21:25 ilnp wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2010 15:12 ilovezil wrote:I don't know how the rotation of coins are determined, but they surely are interesting. The United States and Canada work in opposite way when you flip a coin to the other side. Rotated horizontally, you would find that US coins should face up, while Canadian coins face down. One interesting side factor about the rotation is that if a United States coin is flipped (say, horizontally) and the other side does not stand in the right direction, the coin had been produced as an error and is sought by coin collectors. The value would be determined by its face value and how "off" the other side is facing; for example, if you hold a quarter so George Washington's head is facing up and you flip it horizontally to find the eagle facing down, the coin would get its maximum value of around $50, if I recall properly. Sorry for going off in my own world for a moment, I just find the world of numismatics so fascinating, couldn't resist Example of a ~30 degree rotatied die error: thanks, now i'll be checking both sides of every coin i ever get ever
That should make for an interesting life.
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500 Yen flips horizontally, haven't checked the other ones yet, but probably horizontally as well.
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i like all the arguing about coins going on here. very entertaining
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Hehe, this is interesting =P never noticed
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Hyrule19012 Posts
All American coins SHOULD flip vertically. I don't really know about Canadian money. I'm far south enough that I don't care.
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On June 01 2010 04:31 tofucake wrote:
All American coins SHOULD flip vertically. I don't really know about Canadian money. I'm far south enough that I don't care.
Why should they? Is there some special reason for it?
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Just checked a handful of Euro coins, they all flipped horizontally. So Americans are really special!
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Lithuanian litas flips horizontaly also
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United States10328 Posts
singapore flips horizontally (at least for this 10 cent coin...)
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On June 01 2010 02:34 Master Shaman wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2010 21:25 ilnp wrote:On May 31 2010 15:12 ilovezil wrote:I don't know how the rotation of coins are determined, but they surely are interesting. The United States and Canada work in opposite way when you flip a coin to the other side. Rotated horizontally, you would find that US coins should face up, while Canadian coins face down. One interesting side factor about the rotation is that if a United States coin is flipped (say, horizontally) and the other side does not stand in the right direction, the coin had been produced as an error and is sought by coin collectors. The value would be determined by its face value and how "off" the other side is facing; for example, if you hold a quarter so George Washington's head is facing up and you flip it horizontally to find the eagle facing down, the coin would get its maximum value of around $50, if I recall properly. Sorry for going off in my own world for a moment, I just find the world of numismatics so fascinating, couldn't resist Example of a ~30 degree rotatied die error: thanks, now i'll be checking both sides of every coin i ever get ever That should make for an interesting life.
I already am checking both sides of every coin I get
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American quarters that I have:
1983: flip vertically
1995: flip vertically
1994: flip vertically
2001 Rhode Island: flip vertically
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All swedish coins flip horizontally as well. 50 öre, 1kr, 5kr and 10kr.
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Hyrule19012 Posts
On June 01 2010 04:42 Saturnize wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2010 04:31 tofucake wrote:
All American coins SHOULD flip vertically. I don't really know about Canadian money. I'm far south enough that I don't care. Why should they? Is there some special reason for it?
Because of how the dies are positioned in the presses. And because (now) I've looked at my $15 in various change and all but 6 coins flip vertically.
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Korean won flips vertically :X
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On June 01 2010 12:58 ShloobeR wrote:
Korean won flips vertically :X
OMG it's a conspiracy with the US!
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well thanks a fucking lot. now i have ANOTHER strange habit that I can't explain in 2 sentences or less.
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Swiss Francs (CHF) flip horizontally, which seems to be the standard in Europe.
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On May 31 2010 22:33 illu wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2010 21:53 Navane wrote:
My euro's flip horizontally; btw 'flip horizontally' is an ambiguous term. If the coin lies in the vertical plane, The axis I flip it around is vertical; it's perpendicular to the horizontal plane. but the rotational movement lies in the horizontal plane. By horizontally, we all mean that it flips the same way as MS Paint.
Thank you! What an unamigious way to describe I just checked it in mspaint.
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Norwegian coins flip left/right.
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On June 02 2010 23:30 Navane wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2010 22:33 illu wrote:On May 31 2010 21:53 Navane wrote:
My euro's flip horizontally; btw 'flip horizontally' is an ambiguous term. If the coin lies in the vertical plane, The axis I flip it around is vertical; it's perpendicular to the horizontal plane. but the rotational movement lies in the horizontal plane. By horizontally, we all mean that it flips the same way as MS Paint. Thank you! What an unamigious way to describe I just checked it in mspaint.
I am awesome, am I not?
On June 03 2010 00:10 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote:
What the fuck are coins?
coin n.
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
On June 02 2010 23:20 mOnion wrote:
well thanks a fucking lot. now i have ANOTHER strange habit that I can't explain in 2 sentences or less.
No problem~
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haha great thread...
The korean-american conspiracy doesn't quite hold though (or it has to be expanded):
Guatemalan/Mexican coins flip vertically.
Belize (heavily influenced by Britain) coins flip horizontally.
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lol there is no should; the decision to have it face one way or another is arbitrary.
Imo i prefer horizontal, just becuase the way i see if it i put the coin on it's edge both sides would face the same way but that's just me and i flick coins a lot when i'm bored.
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New Zealand is horizontal.
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philippine peso coin flips verticaly... wtffff this is madness! i am so ashamed.
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On June 02 2010 23:20 mOnion wrote:
well thanks a fucking lot. now i have ANOTHER strange habit that I can't explain in 2 sentences or less.
Masterbation is only one word.
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you're supposed to FLIP a coin, not TURN it
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If American coins flip vertically, I am guessing South Korean and Filipino coins flip vertically as well. I suppose Japanese coins do so too?
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