Calling the example of only one coin rotating as the other revolves around it as "rotating" feels like a bit of a stretch. The coin isn't *just* rotating, it is also translating in space. If you eliminate the translation and fix the center point of both coins, you will get 4 and 1 rotation respectively. That is because in this example, both coins are a part of the same body, so when one rotates, the other must counter rotate else one of the coins is forced to move through space.
The coin is *not* rotating 5 and 2 times, respectively, it is *seeming* to rotate from a fixed point perspective while also counter rotating through space an entirety of its circumference by the time it arrives back at its origin.
Calling the example of only one coin rotating as the other revolves around it as "rotating" feels like a bit of a stretch. The coin isn't *just* rotating, it is also translating in space. If you eliminate the translation and fix the center point of both coins, you will get 4 and 1 rotation respectively. That is because in this example, both coins are a part of the same body, so when one rotates, the other must counter rotate else one of the coins is forced to move through space.
The coin is *not* rotating 5 and 2 times, respectively, it is *seeming* to rotate from a fixed point perspective while also counter rotating through space an entirety of its circumference by the time it arrives back at its origin.