While in Sweden earlier in the summer, I came across what looks like a doubled die. Not sure, but would like your opinions. I finally got some enlarged pics taken over the weekend. (Sorry for the poor lighting, first time with a digital camera).

Here is a close-up of a normal 2003 strike



Here is a close-up of what I am suspecting



Here are links to 2 other pics at a little further distance. The "doubling" affects all the letters around the obverse including the date. I, however, just cropped the area of the photo where it can be seen.

link 1
link 2

Certainly looks doubled to me.

Give the Man a cigar !!!!

Nice find !! certianly looks like a very Hub doubled example to me !!!

of course Im no expert on the minting processes in sweden !!!

Rick

hubba hubba that's a dubba'd hubba... damage that is...

I find it odd that the lower set of letters have rounded edges, and the uper set (seems to be struck second) are square.

-Bobby

Could be a doubled die. Now, start looking for others like it. That's the sure way of establishing that there's a die variety out there. Good luck.

Rotated Hub Doubling

that sure is a doubled die way to go with that find

Looks like hub doubling to me also. These are some interesting links on the topic that you may enjoy.

General info on hub doubling from Baker Coins

General info on doubling by JT Stanton

Three part series on DDD by Ken Potter

Take the test

I have received 2 replies from sites in Sweden. One said he believes it to be doubled, the other one does not think so. Sighhhhhh...

Mint Error News Article

I remember that I've read this article one day. A collector of Swedish errorcoins. Maybe he can help you?

Looks to be an easy question for someone who's used to that coinage.

Regards,

Jos from Belgium

Hello Jos and welcome!


I actually tried to send this gentleman an email last week twice (he has his own website of errors), but both came back as they were unable to be delivered. Perhaps he has changed his email, but not updated the contact information on his site?

Strange indeed. But how old is that person. Maybe he has just retired, and forgot that website is still there.
So the journey goes on !

Jos from Belgium

That may be.

I sent an email to the Swedish Numismatic Society last year but never received a reply. So if you ever hear about related to this, I would love to know. In the meantime I will continue to try and see if I can contact the next door neighbor to see if anyone knows anything.

Hi All,
This coin is definitely and without a doubt a hub doubled , doubled die struck coin. It might be a type where the impressions into the die were made with two different hubs , that would make a difference in the type of lettering if the two hubs were not identical. It would be like the 1960 Lincoln Cent Doubled dies that are large date over small date varieties.
I am not sure what the value of this coin would be as the market for non U.S. doubled dies is a completely different ball game.

Thanks,
Bill

Thank you Bill and to all else who have replied.

I have been a bit hesitant to push for replies without being sure of what I have. Now I do feel much more confident with what I have and will continue to try and see if any others have been reported in Sweden. If I am lucky it will become a recognized type, but I am unsure of the popularity of such error types in Sweden.