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1955 Dbl Die ?

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 Posted 01/16/2007  6:59 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add OrDirtDevil to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Got this on a roll of wheats I bought from ebay. Inafct I got 15 55s in the roll. Here is one I got from the roll. Is this one of the poor mans version they talk about. Looks like the last five has another one beside it but never struck hard.

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Hi ordirtdevil

Im sorry that no one posted a response to you sooner !!

The short answer is yes this is what is called a poormans doubled die.

I have found many of these while searching wheatie rolls.

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I have also found about 3/4 of a roll of the poor mans 55. I guest that what I am so its only right that I find that type 55 ?
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Hi o.d.d.,
Just curious, the first five appears to have a strike mark just below the second horizontal part of the five coming from the top down. And, it does not appear to be a ghost of the five. Any thoughts?
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Thanks for the feedback all. Jim, I noticed that also I think. Are you talking about the top of the curve on the first 5 ? I thought I seen a dbl strike mark on the first five, both on top(flat area) and the top of the curve. Thing is I figured it would be on all the numbers if a DBL strike.

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Originally posted by OrDirtDevil

Thanks for the feedback all. Jim, I noticed that also I think. Are you talking about the top of the curve on the first 5 ? I thought I seen a dbl strike mark on the first five, both on top(flat area) and the top of the curve. Thing is I figured it would be on all the numbers if a DBL strike.

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Devil, probably just my old eyes, but it seems to me as I look again, that there is a ghost of the first "5". It appears, also, to be leaning, running from ten O'Clock to 4. Jim
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Got to see a DD55 at the local shop before Christmas, wasn't any doubt about it, almost looked like 4 - 5's on the coin. Someone bought for $2100
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