1945 Penny Rev Variety?

[Cliff]

The 9/9 on the 1945 Penny is an accepted rare variety (when compared with the standard coin), with the additional 4/4 being rarer still.  Both these examples are mentioned in David Groom's book.

I attach pics of my 1945 coin which displays both 9/9 AND 5/5 and, as I can't find any reference to an overstruck 5, wondered if anyone else has come across an example?  Can anyone please suggest how the two apparent "overstrikes" may have come about?  The 5/5 is not mentioned in Dave's book.

Regards

Cliff

[terrysoldpennies]

Hi Cliff , Dave suggests in his book that the cause of this is the re-cutting of one or more digits, probably due to die fill or damage to the die , and that makes sense as doubling on one digit only crops up on many different years. I have a 1946 penny with a doubled 1 in the date , but I also have a 1961 penny with the complete date doubled, but I think this my have been caused by juddering of the die during manufacture .    Terry

[Nordle11]

Likewise I believe these to be recuts and not numbers over numbers

[Cliff]

Thanks you for your responses, much appreciated.