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Interesting fact about Canadian coins
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Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:15 pmby nero12345
Just read this one. I guess King Edward the eighth considered his left side to be his best side. In breaking tradition started by King Charles the second to portray each new monarch facing in the direction opposite to his predecessor. He insisted on this himself. So my guess is when the Queen dies that Prince William will face right, assuming he's the King I guess. Just thought it was cool that's all. Got it from the book Striking Impressions, the history of the Canadian Mint.
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Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:37 pmby frugalcanuck
neat little fact
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:35 amby uthminsta
Yes... British coins had followed in this tradition for HUNDREDS of years. But Eddie didn't bother with that. Sheesh.
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:33 amby purple and gold
i have noticed that almost all canadian coinage has the date on the reverse side?
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Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:02 pmby frugalcanuck
purple and gold wrote:i have noticed that almost all canadian coinage has the date on the reverse side?
Alot of the coins recently have had the date on the side with the queen. Most of them had special designs on them but in 2002 the regular coins had that as well.
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Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:10 amby Hawkeye
That is interesting. You learn something new every day.
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Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:17 pmby frugalcanuck
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Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:44 pmby mtalbot_ca
I guess I will start my own bank...accepting collector's coin at their fave value. Thanks for the article.
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:30 amby wolvesdad
I thought w US coins or other countries, the direction facing shows if they were deceased or still living when coin was minted. But. Maybe that is paintings or something.