COOL FACTS : Why are portraits on coins usually shown in profile?

       The faces of portraits on paper money usually stare directly out at us, but on coins the portraits almost always face to the right or left.

       The reason for this artistic choice has to do with the way coins wear out.  As a coin circulates it's the highest relief that wears down first.  If the raised portrait on the "heads" side of the coin were straight-on, then the face's nose would vanish first followed immediately by the rest of the distinguishing marks on the face,  leaving a blurry blank space.  With the face in profile, it's usually the ear or side hairline that wears away first, leaving the rest of
the face (and its distinctive profile) intact much longer.
 

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