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Message:: [QUOTE="KurtS, post: 2256795, member: 11786"]Among Norway coin collectors, there is a list circulating of all known overdates (PM me if you'd like it). That list includes a "1965/4" Øre. No diagnostics were provided, but I believe I have found the variety: It's pretty easy to see there's another digit crossing below the final 5--but is it really a 4? Also, see how the "6" appears to be repunched with a shorter, more tightly curled top stroke--light arrow? So perhaps two styles of "65" punches were involved here? <img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5735/22366473265_ed7f37d15a_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Clearly, something is going on, but is it a "4" or just a different style of "5" with a sloped vertical stroke?  To answer that question, I compared this coin to a 1964, measuring the angle of the tilted stroke under the "5" to the diagonal stroke on a 4. Granted, I'm using a highly enlarged picture for the 1964, but there's clearly a difference in the angles--possibly by as much as 15 degrees: <img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/697/22179605929_5e0e409465_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> From simple measurement of these angles, it's difficult to conclude this is a 1965/4 overdate. It could just be retooling, repunching, or even rehubbing of the die with a new digit style. From what presents on the coin, it's reasonable to conclude that dies between 1964 and 1965 were reworked. Perhaps even a master die/hub was reworked, although my research at the Kongsberg mint suggests the last two digits were added after hubbing well into the 60s. From the pictures alone, it can be seen that both the "64" and "65" are different sizes from the "19", which may be evidence of dating hubs continued to this date.[/QUOTE]

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