Definition

• Left and Right.  The viewer's left and right; terms used in describing and cataloging numismatic and medallic items. A different standard exist for heraldic descriptions (called heraldry view). This is from the point of view of the wearer not the observer; but these are not to be confused, since the heraldry terms dexter (for right) and sinister (for left) are employed.

  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

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