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<p>[QUOTE="kanga, post: 4158845, member: 9270"]As I said when I posted the 1943 South Africa 3d coin, I attributed the problems to wartime production.</p><p>But from that post I did learn that the South Africa coins were struck in Pretoria, not in one of the Royal Mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first 1945 shows a repunch/recut on the "5" in the date, inside the lower curl.</p><p>Also note the die crack through the "A" and through the diamond after the "5".</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-r-2-cu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Also there were die cracks on the obverse.</p><p>-- note the one from the rim to the "O" in "GEO"</p><p>-- harder to see is that the crack branches off from the "O" to the "E"</p><p>-- also it branches the other direction all the way to the "VI"</p><p>-- there is also a small die crack from the rim to the top of the "A" in "RAT"</p><p>-- finally I see a group of 5 dots below the neck; no real idea what they are</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-o-2-45.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And speaking of die cracks, there are more on the reverse than shown in the first image.</p><p>-- from the rim to through the "O" in "SOU"</p><p>-- a small one from the rim to to the "F" in "AFR"</p><p>-- a small one from the rim to to the "A" in "ICA"</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-r-2-45.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The other 1945 shows a repunch/recut on the "5" in the date, inside the lower curl but not nearly as strong.</p><p>But it makes up for that lack by having a die crack on the obverse that is almost 180°, starting at the "GEO" and ending at the "TOR".</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-o-1-45.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And not to be outdone, the reverse has a series of radial die cracks.</p><p>The ones at 3, 5, 7, and 9 o'clock are relatively easy to see.</p><p>The ones at 11 and 1 o'clock are smaller.</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-r-1-45.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I've had these coins for 20-25 years and have kept them because they are an interesting study of difficulties that can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kanga, post: 4158845, member: 9270"]As I said when I posted the 1943 South Africa 3d coin, I attributed the problems to wartime production. But from that post I did learn that the South Africa coins were struck in Pretoria, not in one of the Royal Mints. The first 1945 shows a repunch/recut on the "5" in the date, inside the lower curl. Also note the die crack through the "A" and through the diamond after the "5". [IMG]http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-r-2-cu.jpg[/IMG] Also there were die cracks on the obverse. -- note the one from the rim to the "O" in "GEO" -- harder to see is that the crack branches off from the "O" to the "E" -- also it branches the other direction all the way to the "VI" -- there is also a small die crack from the rim to the top of the "A" in "RAT" -- finally I see a group of 5 dots below the neck; no real idea what they are [IMG]http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-o-2-45.jpg[/IMG] And speaking of die cracks, there are more on the reverse than shown in the first image. -- from the rim to through the "O" in "SOU" -- a small one from the rim to to the "F" in "AFR" -- a small one from the rim to to the "A" in "ICA" [IMG]http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-r-2-45.jpg[/IMG] The other 1945 shows a repunch/recut on the "5" in the date, inside the lower curl but not nearly as strong. But it makes up for that lack by having a die crack on the obverse that is almost 180°, starting at the "GEO" and ending at the "TOR". [IMG]http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-o-1-45.jpg[/IMG] And not to be outdone, the reverse has a series of radial die cracks. The ones at 3, 5, 7, and 9 o'clock are relatively easy to see. The ones at 11 and 1 o'clock are smaller. [IMG]http://www.dcderoo.com/1945-SoAfr-3d-r-1-45.jpg[/IMG] I've had these coins for 20-25 years and have kept them because they are an interesting study of difficulties that can.[/QUOTE]
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