Am I just losing it, but to me all UK coins with Victoria she is facing left. Where Elizabeth is always facing right. Am I missing something here? The only coin I can find of Elizabeth facing left is KM# 894 5 shilling coronation. But she is on a horse. Is there a reason or is it just the way they wanted it. Just a different question. yours daryl
The Swedish king looks left, and so did his grandfather. His father never became king because he died in a plane crash, and his uncle married a commoner and thereby disqualified himself. Women couldn't become head of the state at the time, so the aunts were out of question.
So it's not the same everywhere it seems.
Or maybe they both look the same way because they skipped a generation. There were no portraits before that for a very long time, so it's hard to tell.