1961-1997 Princess Diana 5 dollar commemorative coin DDR 1 1

[Hinkle]

Does anyone know anything about these British coin's. There's something going on with the date and lettering. I did some research but didn't find anything. Right now I'm trying to compare other coins on line to this one to see if theres doubling . Thanks 

[Henri Charriere]

To my many detractors who mocked my use of a 30-power loupe:  do you honestly think you would be able to detect the barely imperceptible vibration of this gem with a mere 5-to-7 jammy?  Take a good look at those top three photographs. Thank you, Mr. Hinkle, for vindicating me once again. And good luck on your quest!

[Just Bob]

No offense intended to the artist or engraver, but that is a horrible likeness of the princess.

[kbbpll]

13 hours ago, Just Bob said:

No offense intended to the artist or engraver, but that is a horrible likeness of the princess.

Glad someone else feels that way. I scrolled down and went "yikes!".

The "Marshall Islands" made all kinds of this gimmick commemorative stuff using private mints. There's 22 pages of it on Numista. Your coin isn't British. They're all made by private mints, so I can imagine they have their own problems with quality. Yours is this one https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces93952.html

[gmarguli]

17 hours ago, Just Bob said:

No offense intended to the artist or engraver, but that is a horrible likeness of the princess.

They used a post crash picture.

And if you think that is bad, take a look at their 1996 transgender-alien hybrid James Dean. 

 

17 hours ago, Quintus Arrius said:

To my many detractors who mocked my use of a 30-power loupe:  do you honestly think you would be able to detect the barely imperceptible vibration of this gem with a mere 5-to-7 jammy?  Take a good look at those top three photographs. Thank you, Mr. Hinkle, for vindicating me once again. And good luck on your quest!

If you have to use 30 power to see something, then it is probably not worth seeing. And I don't see any doubled die. What I see is a mixture of the way the die was engraved along with some minor shifting of the die/planchet when struck. 

[RWB]

It looks as if the primary problem is creeping ugly....and it's expanding.

Edited August 8, 2020 by RWB

[Hinkle]

That's not Princess Diana, looks more like Florence Henderson ,the mom off the Brady bunch show. Lol