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A Most unusual coin... Aussie 1919 1d dot// DDOR

coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The images are obviously from the PCGS photography team. Obverse letter doubling starts at the G of GEORGIVUS and extends through to the I in BRITT. There is doubling on the Reverse as well... two of the three A's in AUSTRALIA are clear

I think this is the first coin I have owned with obvious Obverse and Reverse doubling. This appears to be a discovery coin- I have tried to research this without any success of finding anything. Considering the interest in the 1919 double dot, one would think this would have been flagged decades ago.

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    a lovely example and so glad it is in a good state of preserve!

    gratz. :smiley:

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is really pronounced doubling on both sides. It's amazing that no one has sent one in for certification, or perhaps even published about one, in a century. Nice find.

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  • sylsyl Posts: 947 ✭✭✭
    edited September 16, 2022 4:43PM

    I think that it's a combination of mechanical/machine doubling, where the dies are loose in the keepers, and die deterioration doubling. It's not a variety, it's an error and a sure keeper. The elements are not double-punched.

  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not mechanical / machine doubling... the coin has already passed that test.

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  • bosoxbosox Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 17, 2022 1:39PM

    The serifs have splits between them on both sides. DDO and DDR from multiple pressings of the punches. Nice coin.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This was recognized by PCGS as a DDOR- it has its own number. I suspect PCGS did not want to call this a discovery coin because it would difficult to establish that fact. I believe this is my first coin that I have found with obvious obverse and revers doubling. I see this as one of the most amazing coins I have found even if it is not within the scope of my primary collection... so this was graded as DDOR AU55 - sole example graded by PCGS

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