Are all Victoria coins facing left, and Elizabeth coins facing right?

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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
It is, what it is, or is it.
  Each ruler alternates direction
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=country%3A%22United+Kingdom%22+4+PENCE&c=&cc=y&cn=y&cj=y&ce=y&cu=y&cat=y&mode=avance&p=1&e=royaume-uni&d=maundy&km=&i=&v=3+Pence&m=&a=1900-2000&t=&dg=&w=&g=

Victoria left
Edward VII right
George V left
Edward VIII right - never issued
George VI left
Elizabeth II right

 So when Prince Charles become king, he will face left on coins. There is some debate whether he will use Charles name or some other.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
 Thank you ZacUK - I did not know that. Learn something new
It is, what it is, or is it.
Is it maybe a literal representation of "moving in a new direction"?
"What we are is not as important as what we aren't"
Quote: ZacUKEach ruler alternates direction
The same for Dutch coins.
ArnoV - did not know that either. Are there other countrys that do that? Thank you.
It is, what it is, or is it.
Austria might have.
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.

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