Genuine Double Tailed 20 Cent Coin Australia

I can take some photos, but tell me how do I get both sides to be in pic at once, so as it's certain that it's not just pics of the same Platypus? I can do this in morning, but want it to be a legit pic

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As suggested above, you can use a mirror, as in this example...

http://goccf.com/t/413291

To have two dies with the anvil and hammer die having the same design for the same year I think is impossible (at least to my knowledge).

Yes,the photo of the rim is important as there should be a feint circular join mark,Pro's are good at making it nearly invisible thou.

I notice that several of the posters (Canadian) have dismissed this as virtually impossible. That might be bias showing as I know that US mints (and Canadian as well?) have the presses set up to make inserting the obverse and reverse dies only possible one way. Australian presses are not set up that way and there are a number of known examples of genuine double heads or tails (such as the 5 cent coin of 2007 or the 1957 penny). Markn (Purple Penny) also mentioned some time back about a slabbed (ANACS) double tailed 2 cent coin so even the TPGs have handled then

If there is a genuine example of a double heads or tails coin, I simply have not seen one. I don't dismiss that it's possible, I'm not aware of the minting process for all world coins. To me it does not make sense that when producing the dies to have hubs for both the anvil and hammer die with both reverse and obverse hubs. If they do that elsewhere I don't know about it. Just giving my 2 cents as iv never seen or heard of a real example in Canada and the USA. I'd like to see an authenticated double header or tails coin.

There was one in an auction about 15 years back (Status I think). Went for about $5000 if my memory serves me correctly and the catalogue mentioned that it was one of 2 known. with that few it was either a stuff up that was quickly spotted and the batch scrapped (but somehow a couple were missed) or it was done on the sly and smuggled out. It wasn't Unc so not done on the sly to sell to the few collectors back then so maybe if done on the sly it was for use in 2 Up?