Gobrecht Dollars- I am curious why the TrueView images for these two are reoriented?

burfle23

Seems confusing when trying to understand the proper terminology for these...

The 1st slab image is of one of the 2nd groups dated 1836 struck with the eagle flying level:

The 2nd example is an 1839 restrike, again with the eagle level:

Just curious why the TrueViews are turned to show the eagle flying upwards in both the these?

Floridafacelifter

The person who loaded the images probably thought that the legend should be symmetric- ie that “ONE DOLLAR” should be centered at the bottom, and that the two dots should be level- which does make sense- my desire for symmetry likes it better the way they posted it

Zoins

@Floridafacelifter said:
The person who loaded the images probably thought that the legend should be symmetric- ie that “ONE DOLLAR” should be centered at the bottom, and that the two dots should be level- which does make sense- my desire for symmetry likes it better the way they posted it

I agree it was done for aesthetic purposes.

Imagine if coin reverses were shown upside down like on the actual coin?

That being said, the orientation on these is very important which is why slab photos are a must. I'm a big proponent of PCGS offering TrueView and SlabView for coins!