Coin Turn Publique Deposited
- Coin Turn. Obverse and reverse die alignment in which the top of one is the bottom of the other; a struck piece in which the axis of each side is turned 180° to the other; t?te-beche. Opposite of medal turn where the tops are together and the bottoms are together. See axis, die alignment, orientation.
excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor