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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 7926164, member: 13307&quot;]Good afternoon!</p><p><br /></p><p>Once again, I&#039;m poking through some non-silver world mint sets and came across something really fun that I thought I should share with the forum. </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe what I have is a Denmark 1972 5 Kroner with a Tripled Die Obverse and Doubled Die Reverse.&nbsp; I will share my photos and see if you agree with me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the entire coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369618[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;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.&nbsp; 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. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a picture of the right set of leaves, you can see the doubling on the right edges of the outer leaves easiest:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369621[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse, the easiest place to see the doubling is on the Mintmaster/Medalist initials (S (heart) S) at the bottom center.&nbsp; 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 :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369622[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can see this even more clearly just to the right of the SS with the letter K from DENMARK:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369627[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also visible on the obverse lettering in other spots:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369619[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369620[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not see any evidence of doubling/tripling on the portrait in the center.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, after all these photos and my explanations, what do you think? </p><p><br /></p><p>Do I have a die variety, or is it just die chatter (machine/strike doubling?)</p><p><br /></p><p>I am happy to attempt more images if they help.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, and have a wonderful day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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