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I've found that modern Sudanese coins can often be very weakly struck and/or have worn dies. Whichever mint is responsible for Sudan's coins seems to have poor quality control.
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Look at that secondary impression just above the eagle's head. That sure look like a doubled die to my eyes. In other areas, I canot tell if it's a doubled die, or the Arabic script has been re-worked.
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I don't know what to think. Another thing throwing me is at the top (forgive my ignorance), but the little underlining squiggly doesn't seem to have the doubling or shadowing effect.  |
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Yes, it's inconsistencies like that which made me wonder if the script was changed.
That said, I don't think it's die wear. If it was, it would be spreading from the outside of the design towards the rim.
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This coin was also attributed by Lou Coles, labeled as 3-R-IX on the 2x2. Everything I've read so far about class 9 doubling is that it is a fairly recently added class brought on by the single squeeze era. Sometimes these are attributed to class 8 with peripheral doubling or centrally located doubling. In my limited experience studying the classes, 8 seems closest with the ghostlike doubling. |
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I'm going to go throw some Verdi-Care on it and see if I can clean up the doubling a little better.
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Much better!  Interesting, this coin was an F.A.O. issue and the obverse reads "produce more food". |
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It certainly looks like a doubled die to me.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Scooby...is the last photo you posted the same as the OP coin? Anyway...Mike Diamond called it.  |
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No, sorry, it's not. I was just trying to get a chuckle.
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 glad my eyes weren't playing tricks. Yeah--the second one is dramatic!  |
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Posted 02/19/2011 12:47 pm
