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QUERY: INSCRIPTION ORIENTATIONSBruce Smith writes: I have a question for E-Sylum's resident wordmasters. When a coin or medal has an inscription running in the border or near the edge of the flan, the bottoms of all the letters may point inward, OR they may point outward, OR the top inscription may have the letters pointing inward and the bottom inscription will have the letters pointing outward. Is there a term for these different orientations? You know, that's a GREAT question! I looked
thru our recent E-Sylum images to illustrate the three
types. And so what are these different alignments called, anyway
- is there a name or standard for this? Interesting.
-Editor
Smith Type 1: all inscriptions point inward 
Smith Type 2: all inscriptions point outward 
Smith Type 3: top inscription inward, bottom inscription outward Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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