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1968 Australia Double strike?

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2022 2:19 pm
by Greyfoxx
i have here a Australia 5 cent from 1968 feel free to comment i am not sure if its of any value on foreign coins

Re: 1968 Australia Double strike?

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2022 7:45 pm
by coinguy
Not a Double Strike, it is Machine Doubling.
A Double Strike would affect the whole coin, not just part of it.

Re: 1968 Australia Double strike?

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:14 pm
by Greyfoxx
Thanks for the info coinguy it helps me a lot to understand.
Are the Machine Doubling worth of any value?

Re: 1968 Australia Double strike?

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:17 am
by coinguy
No value for Machine Doubling.
It is considered one of the types of worthless doubling.

Re: 1968 Australia Double strike?

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:44 am
by Bill in Burl
The places on the coin that have just a little bit of offset doubling are due, as coin guy says, to machine/mechanical doubling. However the "8" in the date has been repunched by hand, maybe to correct a flaw. Here's a link to some different types of common doubling and also click on the links at the bottom of the article:
http://doubleddie.com/144801.html