ilikesorbe

the higher relief is not a one off, in fact the low, more regular looking strike is rare. the relief is the same on the reverse between he 2 types the die looks fine to me I am not very well versed in proof strikes, but the features look very well defined on the more common 2017 coins, can’t rule out that possibility.

Something I’ve noticed is that the vast majority of 5p coins from 2017 seemingly have a much higher relief than other coins from the same queen portrait, but i have seemingly found a 2017 coin with much less relief than the other coins from 2017, much like the other coins from the same time period. I have a photo of the coins here