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

coinkat

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.

LanceNewmanOCC

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

gratz.

TomB

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.

syl

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.

coinkat

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

bosox

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

coinkat

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