Good afternoon! Once again, I'm poking through some non-silver world mint sets and came across something really fun that I thought I should share with the forum. I believe what I have is a Denmark 1972 5 Kroner with a Tripled Die Obverse and Doubled Die Reverse. I will share my photos and see if you agree with me. Here is the entire coin: Let's start by taking a look at the reverse doubling, which seems to affect all outer elements, the top and bottom of the shield, but not the date. What is strange to me is that it seems to be on the outside edge of every affected design element - both sets of leaves and stems, the lower portion of the shield, the upper portion of the cross on top of the crown, and the top edges of 5 KRONER - almost as if the entire reverse design (except the date) was made smaller and added on top of a slightly larger reverse. Here is a picture of the right set of leaves, you can see the doubling on the right edges of the outer leaves easiest: On the obverse, the easiest place to see the doubling is on the Mintmaster/Medalist initials (S (heart) S) at the bottom center. At first, I thought it might be strike doubling, but you can clearly see split serifs especially on the top rights of each S, and you can see three separate images : You can see this even more clearly just to the right of the SS with the letter K from DENMARK: It's also visible on the obverse lettering in other spots: I do not see any evidence of doubling/tripling on the portrait in the center. So, after all these photos and my explanations, what do you think? Do I have a die variety, or is it just die chatter (machine/strike doubling?) I am happy to attempt more images if they help. Thanks, and have a wonderful day.
