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So, I was at a coin shop and they had just gotten in about a dozen binders with foreign coins in them. I had never looked at foreign coins, but figured if they would flip one of the binders to me for a good price I'd pick it up and go through it. Turns out I got the British Commonwealth binder with about 200 coins in it. Surfing through, I hit this one, and it is a bruiser of a doubled die. Since a British friend once told me that the queen is ALWAYS on the obverse, I guess this is a DDR. My questions are, basically, is this a known DDR or did I just discover something new? And I'm guessing it doesn't have huge value but wondering if someone could give me a ballpark on what something like this is worth. It is not for sale, but hoping to get at least a bit of an idea of where it would fall in the pricing scheme of such things. Thanks for looking, and any information about it would be much appreciated. 1965 British Caribbean Territories Eastern Group - Doubled Die          |
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Here is a link https://en.numista.com/I have noticed there are more than a few foreign coins with doubled dies,just sayin'. That finger print is not good. John1  |
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Thanks John1. I didn't know these are common, and sort of thought an MS grade doubled die, with or without a fingerprint, would be a nice find.
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Glad to see the fingerprint on the obverse..(never thought I'd say that)...That's a nice strong DDR...However,from what I've read in the past from PaddyB, UK collectors could pretty much care less about E and V coins..  ...But since it is a cent coin, it should feel right at home in your collection..  |
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Very cool! Nice doubled die, strong and easy to see. The issue with world doubled dies is that they are terribly documented, which you may already know. The only way I could think of attributing this one is if you sent it to NGC and they identified it as a new major variety. Any way you look at it, it's a superb example of a very nice DDR. What's interesting to me is that the denticles as well as the date are all doubled too. Shows the difference in the minting process but that is something I always liked about world doubled dies. Usually every aspect of the coin is doubled. -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Hey, now that's a neat idea. I wonder if NGC would define it as VP001 or something. That could be a way to get an attribute on it.
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It's certainly possible. I remember the discovery of a China doubled die at some point. Yours might make the cut!
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Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Wow, reminds me of 1964 DDR-001 on US cents. That is a beauty for sure!
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