A DDR worthy of sharing here for that is truly a first...

coinkat

Take close look at the image...PCGS has recognized the 1965 Churchill Double Die Reverse. Notice the doubling on the Portrait at the outer eye brow extending downward through the nose, lips and ending at the chin. It has its own PCGS number.

While this was discovered earlier either by Ken Potter or Alan Herbert, this is the first example acknowledged and graded by our host. This might be one of the most overlooked and underappreciated DDR coins of the second half of the twentieth century.

There was a somewhat famous comment made by a prominent British numismatist which I will paraphrase here... "The beauty of the Churchill Crown increases in direct proportion to the amount of wear it has sustained."

Seems that a photograph will have the last word and so many will never look at the Churchill Crown the same way again...

Your Welcome

coinkat

We should reflect on all what falls within the scope of numismatics and acknowledge as well as record what exits.

A special thanks to PCGS for acknowledging this unusual and significant coin.

ricko

That is interesting. I just checked the one I have by the computer - No DDR.... I think I have another around somewhere... Will have to hunt for it. Probably not anyway... Cheers, RickO

LanceNewmanOCC

are these really silver? - https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/elizabeth-ii-1953-1970/1965-crown-s-4144-churchill-ddr/4004?sn=908199&g=65&h=

https://www.pcgs.com/cert/45030526

pop - https://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail/category/4004?l=elizabeth-ii-1953-1970&ccid=4004&bsn=206560&sn=908199&pn=1&ps=100

neat and obvious doubling.

also, an interesting designation: S-4144 Churchill DDR

i guess that is just for foreign varieties. (now that makes me wonder how many others they have coin numbers for)

only 1 attributed so far.

messydesk

@LanceNewmanOCC said:
are these really silver?

No. Copper-nickel.

also, an interesting designation: S-4144 Churchill DDR

S-4144 refers to the Spink catalog number for Churchill crowns.

coinkat

@LanceNewmanOCC

Thanks for enlarging the image of the effected portrait area.

Also, for those of you that would like to see the unexpected, consider visiting the darkside to look at the 1919 Aussie 1d dot that features both obverse and reverse doubling. There are PCGS photos of this discovery coin

LanceNewmanOCC

@coinkat said:
@LanceNewmanOCC

Thanks for enlarging the image of the effected portrait area.

Also, for those of you that would like to see the unexpected, consider visiting the darkside to look at the 1919 Aussie 1d dot that features both obverse and reverse doubling. There are PCGS photos of this discovery coin

a beaut! LINK

i just googled it with PCGS in the search and your thread came up in one of the top results.