Talk:Coin orientation

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[edit] Security feature?

How is this a security feature? I don't think the article makes this clear. --thirty-seven 06:37, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

I've removed this text: This is the most basic security feature on a coin, as most people have a tendency to flip a coin horizontally to see the reverse side. I find this text confusing; I see no connection between how people tend to flip a coin and security. If there is any such connection, it needs to be explained. --thirty-seven 06:27, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Indeed. It seems that it would only work as a security feature in the first couple of hours after the change was made (by which stage the counterfeiters would know what was happening!), and then only by experts. —Felix the Cassowary (ɑe hɪː jɐ) 10:02, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How's flipping horizontally?

Does this mean that both faces share the same top (as Australian coins do), or that one side's top is the other's bottom? —Felix the Cassowary (ɑe hɪː jɐ) 08:56, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

I modified the page to address your question; hopefully it is clearer now. In short, coin orientation means one side's top is the other's bottom. Australian coins have medallic orientation.--thirty-seven 06:20, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Thankyou! —Felix the Cassowary (ɑe hɪː jɐ) 10:02, 13 November 2005 (UTC)