1955 Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC /Different Stages Of Doubled Die Obverse / DDO

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Skippy72 Valued Member United States 447 Posts	Posted 04/26/2019 04:29 am Good morning everyone I was just wondering if there were different stages of the 1955 DDO that are recognized. Here are a few images of mine and I thank you in advance for having me look... Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/26/2019 04:32 am What attribution number is yours? It looks like the poor mans doubled die,not a true DDO. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34464 Posts	Posted 04/26/2019 06:57 am "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/26/2019 08:56 am Yep, that's he Poorman's for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 75720 Posts	Posted 04/26/2019 09:19 am The Poor mans DDO is not even a DDO. It's just Die Deterioration Doubling from a worn die issue, from striking a ton of planchets at the U.S. Mint. It's not worth anything, because it's pretty common to see this. http://www.error-ref.com/die-deteri...on-doubling/ Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/26/2019 09:27 am Dies wear out. A doubled die I created before the first coin is struck. Even doubled dies wear out. So your coin is not a doubled die. It is a VLDS die. (Very-Late-Die-State) about the last 25% of the coins of each die examples create coins like this. So they are common. Report this Post to the Staff
Skippy72 Valued Member United States 447 Posts	Posted 04/26/2019 7:49 pm I guess I stated it wrong. It meant to be a question for my coin if it was or not. So that's a true poor man's '55. I appreciate it guys. It does resemble more of a smear like look... Report this Post to the Staff
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1955 LWC/Different Stages Of DDO