Pound Coin inscription

[Mightyzob 0]

Hi there,

I was just wondering if the inscriptions around the edge of a pound coin are all supposed to be the same way up for a particular years minting or whether it's completely random? The coins I'm looking at particularly are 1985 Welsh Leek variety and out of 10 coins, I've got 5 of each (writing up/down) and I've just noticed one of them has the apostrophe missing between the 'I' and 'M' of I'M.

I have a mini collection of various fake pound coins and I can usually recognise one but these don't look or feel like fakes.

Any opinions?

Thanks

DaveT

[Chris Perkins 228]

The lettering is rolled on last, and the coins just go through it however they come, so the orientation and positioning is completely random.