1963 & 1964

Having recently received a few more coins via eBay, I have done what I normally do and set about inspecting the coins under the scope. This has thrown up three new (to me at least) instances of a double date.

1963 – David J Groom’s book states that there are no reports of double stuck numerals. Given that the book was published 12 years ago, this could have been the case, now I beg to differ.

The 9, 6 and 3 are showing signs of doubling
Signs of doubling on the 9, 6 and 3. Note that this is different to the previous image.

1964 – again no mention in David J Groom’s book about doubled dates but here is what I saw this evening:

The doubling is quite noticeable on the 9 and 6 at least
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