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Pkitty New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 05/30/2012 7:23 pm I have a 1955-D Lincoln Wheat penny with errors on both sides of the penny. I haven't been able to figure out what the error is. I know it weighs(I took it to 2 coin dealers), it has the opposite image printed in reverse on both sides the back worse than the front. The lincoln shape is on the back and puffs out. I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what the error is defined as and what move to make next! Will be selling as soon as I can! Thank you for your time & help! If you would like to see more pictures email me and I will email them back. * Email Removed by Staff * Miss. P Report this Post to the Staff

Tim Stroud Pillar of the Community United States 2661 Posts	Posted 05/30/2012 8:20 pm Pkitty, in my own, no so professional opinion, I think what you have there is a cent that was sandwiched in between two others and pressed together in a vice or other type of press which transferred a mirror image of the other Two Cents onto this one. I could be wrong in this assessment however. I have seen that very thing done myself but it was not nearly as dramatic as the example you show here. Other more experienced error guys should be along shortly to weigh in on this one and I will be interested in seeing what they have to say also. Report this Post to the Staff
Pkitty New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 05/30/2012 8:39 pm Tim Stroud- Thank you for your fast response! I have heard the same about my coin however, isn't it a little odd how Lincoln protrudes outward from the coin in the back? Instead of the opposite? His image also, does the same on the front Report this Post to the Staff
jokingjoker Pillar of the Community United States 2150 Posts	Posted 05/30/2012 9:24 pm Do you have a pic of the obverse? Report this Post to the Staff
Pkitty New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 05/31/2012 2:25 pm This is the front view of the 1955-D Lincoln Wheat penny. Please tell me what you think and where I can take this to get it appraised and or to sell it! Thank you!! Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/31/2012 3:03 pm Why is your obverse photo so much smaller than the reverse photo you posted? There is no need to get it appraised as it is only worth its copper value since it is a "garage error", the result of two or more coins being smashed together. Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 05/31/2012 3:31 pm In Australia we call these 'Shed' jobs. In other words, done in a garage by someone (as previously mentioned) by smashing or sandwiching it between other coins. No appraisal necessary, PMD all the way, and it's worth 1c. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5174 Posts	Posted 05/31/2012 4:24 pm This is the incredibly valuable "Kissing Lincolns" penny ...Just joking. But it is pretty much the closest thing to a Kissing Lincolns variety ever produced (though I'd never do anything like that to a real 1918-ish piece). Report this Post to the Staff
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