Help required on category for a coin on Numista

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Hello,
new member here and I have a slight problem. I am in the process of listing my coins on the site and learning a great deal as I go. Which is great as I was unaware of the variations in a lot of the coins from the UK. So I was listing my collection of 5 pence’s and I came across a description of the variation for this 5 pence KM# 1109, Sp# 467 Elizabeth 2nd, 4th portrait, royal shield. There are some images in the catalogue listing showing one particular variation found here https://static-numista.com/catalogue/images/560d38a8ddb42.jpg
The variation I have is for a 2008 coin that corresponds to the image on the left (the two harp cord strings stop at the frame of the harp instead of passing onto the frame). So my question is, which would be the appropriate listing '2008 medal alignment' or '2008 coin alignment error'. I hope someone can give me some information regarding both of these descriptions.
Thanks
Welcome to the forum. :)
Normal coin has the standard medal alignment.
The coin alignment is a rare error where the back is upside-down; see below.
Nothing to do with the harp.


https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6612.html
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
thanks for the reply. now i understand, perfect.
I also remembered this topic from 5 years ago where a lucky member got one in change ...
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic5036.html
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Welcome to Numista passenger.

Unfortunately there is no extra year line yet for the cord variety. Otherwise you wouldn't have mistakenly thought there was a correspondence between the variations and the coin alignment.
true, at least i know about the other variation now and its name / description. i am pleased that i managed to find a the cord variation in my collection, i am wondering how common / uncommon it is. i am still learning and its good to know that paying attention to a coin beyond the date, portrait type, condition etc can be interesting too.

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