Question about Canadian Nickel...

mrpaseo

On United States coins, if you hold the sides (By the edge) and flip the coin top over bottom, you will see the breverse side right side up.

Is this the same rule for Canadian Nickels?

Thanks for your time,
Ray

tbirde56

Nope. If flipped, it's upside down.

mrpaseo

Thank you very much

Ray

lordmarcovan

The die axis you referred to on United States coins (where one side is upside-down in relation to the other) is generally referred to as "coin rotation".

If both sides are upright in relation to one another, it's generally referred to as "medal rotation".

MyWorldCoinTypeSet

Canadian coins prior to 1908 have a coin rotation. They were minted in the UK.

Canadian coins after (and including) 1908 have a medal rotation. That's when the Canadian Mint started operations.

Of course, there are exceptions to this rule.

1jester

THanks for bringing that up, PBRat! I've seen both rotations on not only Canadian coins, but also all types of British coins. They seemed to change their minds from time to time, and the change dates differ from denomination to denomination.