When asked to draw the Queen Elizabeth II’s face on a blank coin, the great majority of the interviewed British citizens believe she faces left.
Obverse of the 1954 Royal Visit Commemorative Florin
In reality the Queen faces right. This common mistake is allegedly to do with right handedness, a natural presumption of a profile.
In fact, she has always faced right, though she faces left on the stamp.
Images of each monarch have been alternating between facing left and right when appearing on a coin. Queen Elizabeth’s father George VI had a left facing coin. This alternation has happened ever since Charles II’s reign between 1649 and 1651.
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