1860 1 1/2 Pence DD Or Repunched?

here are the images I was able to get of the doubling. I find it soooo interesting. sorry for the pics that came out yellow.... my camera is weird lately. You drop a camera one time less than 3 feet and look what happens

Thanks Quicksilver!! I really like it too! I think a lot of the close up shows things struck twice. But I dont know the proper terminology for it.

malissadawn, this is from the 2007 Rotographic.




Very nice doubling on that coin. Die crack at the 3 o'clock it looks. Can't tell if it's a repunched date or a repunched die. It's almost as if they used a die with a smaller 8 and then didn't like it so they punched it again with a die with a larger 8? Nothing in the Rotographic about it unfortunately. It's a really nice coin.

.925 fine Silver 12mm Weight 0.7g

malissa, yep, it's a book specifically geared toward British coins. Here is the website I go to when I need most things British as far as coins go. It's a great site.

http://www.predecimal.com/

Rotographic is kind of like the Red Book for american coins. Mine is a 2007 and they have the 2009 out now but I just don't have any way to get one since my paypal account is kind of goobered due to some bank account problems.

This is a link to the book itself.

http://www.predecimal.com/collector...-p-7872.html

Maybe the guys in the forum there might be able to shed more light on the punching of the date.

Because I do not kow what type of die manufacture they went through at that time in the British Mint, I cannot say for sure what kind of doubling shows on the letters on the obverse of this coin. It does appear to be hub doubling, but some of the letters are not doubled at all, which is confusing to me and my understanding of minting coins.

The date on the other side is definitely repunched - looks like large numerals over small numerals, but again this is a guess based on all the coins I've seen in the past, not with any knowledge of 19th century British coinage. I hope this helps at least a little.

You might also find this interesting. I have an 1848 Half-Farthing with a repunching in the "N" of Regina, the E/N variety.
After studying a few different coins of this year, I concluded that each letter was punched individually--they're at different angles and positions by die pair. I'm not sure the same holds true for your coin, but it might explain things.

You have done a good job if the camera was handheld!

It looks as though at least some of your blurring is a depth of field issue. This is due to a large aperture.

The only ways to get a greater depth of field (ie distance in focus at the same time) are to make your aperture smaller. But, this of course then brings in other issues as you will need more light, which generally means a longer exposure. Which in turn, potentially means more time for movement and therefore more blurring of a different sort. Or to move farther away, which is defeating the object slightly.

You really need a rig to hold the camera steady. Then use a self timer to set off the exposure, so there is less movement as you are not squeezing the shutter release.