Unclear remark in Switzerland small silver 5 francs

In the article https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces194.html

in the year distribution there are comments of the type

lettering [...] starts at 10 o'clock
and other numbers, 6 or 2 o'clock.

What is the rule how to identify it? Most probably it is worth to add the explanation in the comments section.

Right now these comments look like personal remarks and are to be deleted.

I've never understood why people write the lettering of the coin in the Obverse field, when there is a lettering field. Seems pointless. I usually delete it.

Hi,

is this any help to you? If yes, I'll make a change request. I did this documentation some time ago!












Ole

Looks good but still the research between these data and the standard terms, already used in numismatic literature is absent.

It is well known term 'so many o'clock'. So there should be connections, that these many o'clock mean this coin (type of coin) with a photo as optimal. Some variants with other numbers o'clock described in literature are absent among the photos.

Most probably during the preparation of the data presented here, to the changes request it is worth to think:
https://static-numista.com/forum/images/59e4768cb6628.jpg type 1888 was another type.

https://static-numista.com/forum/images/59e476979edee.jpg and next the term 'normal' is not correct. It is worth to check what specialists mean, when they say 6 o'clock for coins which changed coin to medal alignment. And the term 'normal' is not good: just numbering is better. There is large chance that 'normal' and 'variant 1' is the same.

Term "normal" means that there is something peculiar. But it is difficult to name the edge variant 2.4 as something special when the whole year mintage most probably was the same and other then the term 'normal'. It is still normal, yes, to that particular year.

Hi,

that's what I thought you would answer.... just trying to inform you, not to write a book about what is "normal" or not!

Ole