Twin 1956 Wheat Cents With Same Errors On Obverse And Reverse

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oldfolsom New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 1:08 pm I collect thousands of error coins and while cataloging my Wheat Cents I noticed two different 1956 coins that have exactly the same errors on both obverse and reverse sides. The errors on the obverse are Cracked Skull errors and exhibit the exact same multiple locations where the cracks appear. The reverse side has gigantic Cuds and die break errors on the left wheat, all in the exact same locations on both coins. This would indicate to me that they were stamped on the same broken dies within very close succession to each other - possibly within minutes of each other back in 1956. What is the possibility of this? I've included photos of the obverse and reverse of both coins for your observation and comments. Do you think having these two would increase the collector value if sold as a pair? Report this Post to the Staff

T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 2:09 pm I'm not an error collector but I would think if they were sold by the pair they would increase the total value. Report this Post to the Staff
cjweber Valued Member United States 311 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 2:14 pm It's amazing that theyou have stayed together this long! How amazing a find! Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 2:16 pm Fascinating!! Obviously these two were minted close together in time. The right one seems to have the die crack a bit more further along so, I would guess, it's the later one. Report this Post to the Staff
edweather Pillar of the Community United States 7375 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 2:20 pm This thread might do better in the Modern Error and Variety forum. Yes, very cool. Not sure if they would classify as Cuds, but they very well might be....die breaks for sure. Check the Cuds On Coins site and see if you can attribute them, and if not, you can submit photos of them and they'll list them. They might be worth quite a bit as a pair. http://cuds-on-coins.com/ http://cuds-on-coins.com/attributio...-what-to-do/ Edited by edweather 03/21/2016 2:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
coinlover1899 Pillar of the Community United States 3058 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 3:12 pm Awesome! Never seen anything like it! Report this Post to the Staff
oldfolsom New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 5:41 pm These two wheat cents were each from different sources. I've been buying wheats for several years and I was able to make this incredible connection of the two coins out of mere coincidence. I was putting the photos of each in their photo folders in my computer and when I saw the "twin" coin, I thought I accidently mixed photos with another 1956 wheat, but since I have every coin in a separate coin envelope I located the other coin and put both under my electronic microscope and saw they were twins, and the photos were not mixed. Totally a random connection of two wheaties that were separated at birth and reunited 60 years later. Obviously one of the twins has a little more advanced " Cud" at the die break on the reverse side, but all of the signature markings are there proving they were both stamped at virtually the same time. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190135 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 5:58 pm Quote: This thread might do better in the Modern Error and Variety forum. There is a duplicate topic there. I will lock that one and move this one over since it has all of the replies. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 10:28 pm They were struck with the same die pair that is braking down. I had a roll of 1945-D cents, that had examples from only 4 different die pairs. 19 of them in the roll were the same new RPM. http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/...ie_state=mds So it is not uncommon to find examples from the same die pair in an OBW roll. Finding them in circulation is a lot harder though. Rare? No. Report this Post to the Staff
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