Swiss 1/2 Franc - 1977 and 1979 Alignment

Hi,

I have 2 Swiss 1/2 Francs with Coin Alignment.
Your catalogue says coins between 1968-2016 have the Medal alignment. Websites like SilverageCoins have descriptions matching what I have.
Please clarify why your catalogue says differently.

- Lahiru

Nowadays it's easy to get answers online, but you must to get your answers at the right place.

Swiss coins, Swiss National Bank http://www.snb.ch/en/iabout/cash/id/cash_coins#t2

Since 1982, all coins have been minted with medallic orientation (↑↑), i.e. the top of the reverse shares the same position as the top of the obverse (↑↑, also called British turnover or German mintage). Until 1981, however, the ½-franc to 5-franc coins were minted with coin orientation, i.e. the image on one side of the coin is upside-down relative to the other: (↑↓, also called French or US mintage), whereas the 1-centime to 20-centime coins already had medallic orientation. The orientation was changed in order for the coins to be presented better in coin sets (annual sets).

Source: Swiss National Bank

Look in the comments of your years there you can see that they are in coin alignment:
KM#23a.1 (with 22 stars; coin alignment)

Thank you both. It is very clear now.