Netherlands 1973 25 cent doubled/tripled reverse die (amazing) Hi folks! Still going through around 40lbs non-US coinage and found this. Hugely dramatic reverse doubling and/or tripling on every device. I haven't seen another one like it anywhere. It was a tossup whether to post in this section, world, what's it worth....... What is it worth? Enjoy!
compare I found a normal one to compare to here: http://www.catawiki.com/catalog/coins/countries/the-netherlands/175449-25-cents-1973 and here are some nice comparison screenshots:
The "1" does exhibit notching and the "9" does show doubling within the curve which leads me to believe this is die doubling.
Die Deterioration Doubling This is an example of DDD. You can see plainly they are nothing alike. read more here : http://www.cointalk.com/t196469/
Personally, I think there's is some nice doubling as indicated by the Serif splits on "E N T". This is not to say that evidence of DDD doesn't exist as it could very well be there. Doubled Die's are not immune from MDD and DDD. It's just that when this occurs, it makes attribution difficult.
There are other forms of die deterioration. Here's a couple from the Coneca site. http://conecaonline.org/image/2000P25cVAwDDDb.jpg http://conecaonline.org/image/2000P25cVAwDDDa.jpg And from Ken Potter. http://koinpro.tripod.com/OFD/1993P25cDDD.jpg http://koinpro.tripod.com/OFD/1983D5cDDD.jpg
Do world coins collectors care about these errors?, I thought this was an American thing. nice find silentnviolent
Thanks for the responses! I'll crack it for more pics if they are wanted. @dtmenace: thanks for the other examples, in which there is a definite step-down that is flat and shelf-like and further goes to show how dissimilar DDD is from what is going on here. @ wd40: I don't know if it's an American thing, but there is some interest in non-US error coinage: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Netherlands...=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Watch for my other non-us error coinage I'll be posting!
Extreme errors will sell, a local bi-metallic coin "Bahrain KM#26", BU price = 1 US$ sold for over 70$ few weeks back, but it was a double struck bimetallic coin, the difference between the strikes was almost 5mm. But if you look at the completed listings for world error coins you will not see errors of the micro scale like you see in American coins, some will consider them to be faults or damaged coins. But as always, you should collect what makes you happy, just do not expect that you will get profit out of them. http://www.ebay.com/csc/Coins-World-/256/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=error+coin&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc
