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Valued Member
United States
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2001 2 Rupees, copper nickel, from India. I would like to call it Class IV doubling, but the flagpole is doubled at an angle, so maybe it's Class I. Copper nickel shows the doubling much more sharply than does the steel or aluminum of many of my other doubled dies from India and elsewhere. I'd have to call this my favorite doubled die example. This is actually a double error. On the reverse - hard to tell which is obverse and which is reverse - there is what looks like a Cud.       |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice. May I suggest you purchase a domain and catalogue these DDs?
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 United States
129 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1427 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1359 Posts |
O wow. Youre gonna have me looking for these if you keep posting them. I really this one. Nice
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Canada
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I suspect that this mint has lax quality control standards, based on the quality of Indian circulating coinage.
However, they can do really good work-see the proof sets.
They are probably trying to churn out so many low value coins they just don't care.
That being said, it puts the US 1955 cent doubling to shame! This is doubling at a different level.
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Valued Member
United States
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>> That being said, it puts the US 1955 cent doubling to shame! <<
Don't know about that, but certainly it's in the same ballpark.
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United States
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United States
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United States
129 Posts |
These doubled dies from India sell for between $20 - $40 or so on ebay. Compare this to $1000 or more for a 1955/55 Lincoln Cent doubled die. I figure if I can't afford the King of Lincolns, or even the Duke, I'll settle for the Rajah of Rupees. If you're interested in buying one of these fine specimens, do a search for "doubled die India" on the ebay search bar. |
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Korea, Republic Of
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This is awesome! I love double dies.
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United States
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If you buy Indian doubled dies on ebay, beware of the one seller with a low feedback rating (in the 80s). I had a run in with this fine fellow. |
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Posted 02/16/2021 12:39 pm
