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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SRSNUM, post: 6114288, member: 102988&quot;]The Australian sixpence of 1944 from the San Francisco mint described and illustrated below does not appear to be a known variety.&nbsp; It is not a strong example of doubled date and mintmark easily seen without a glass.&nbsp; But it appears to be ‘real’ and worthy of note.&nbsp; All comments welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>19 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>2.83 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>0.925 Silver</p><p><br /></p><p>The mintmark appears doubled on the outside left of the upper loop.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ‘1’ appears surface doubled on the left side of the upright and slightly doubled at the upper right&nbsp; of the right side of the upright.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ‘9’ appears doubled at the middle inside left of the downward stroke.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first ‘4’ appears doubled by evidence of a small cylindrical spike emerging from the left end of the crossbar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second ‘4’ appears doubled at the inside right as it exhibits a thin downward spike at the inside right; it also exhibits surface doubling at the bottom right of the crossbar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please see images below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245066[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245067[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245068[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245069[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245070[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1245071[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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