Expert: PAPAJACK - 8/11/2009

Question
The image is turned so I am writing you for more information please.

Answer
Hello again Jason,                          

Thanks for writing back.
If both figures are up right when you turn the coin left to right it could add to the value read on.

Your coin is worth at least $10 since the price of silver is so high today. Any value above that will be for the numismatic value due to its state of preservation.

Is the Image upside down compared to a modern silver coin?

The U.S. coinage uses what is called a COIN turn. The “MEDALIAC” turn, this simply means that when the coin is turned over from left to right looking at the heads side that the reverse side is viewed right-side up as well.
Just as a medal you wear on a chain would be viewed right side up as it flips on your neck. Thus it is named a MEDALIC TURN.

Compare this to the COIN turn used in the USA. The image is always 180 degree offset. You have to flip it top to bottom looking at the heads side that the reverse side is viewed right-side up as well.

One reason for this was to be unique and basically different from the Spanish and mostly English coins that were the only form of money in America prior to 1793, when the US opened its own minting facility in Philadelphia.

If this is not the condition you were mentioning please feel free to write me back. Or if you want a coin person in your area to look at the coin free of charge for you.

Thank You and Good Luck

PapaJack