1956 Wheats Older Name They Were Called(Chuck May Know?

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amac44 Member United States 3242 Posts	Posted 11/07/2007 10:54 am As a boy collecting Wheat cent there was a nickname for the 1956 it was 56 shadow I have lost many braincell since then so maybe so can help with this I even Googled it I was a hot rod car Help if you can! Image: 1956weak6.jpg 62.46 KB Image: 1946-Dshadow.jpg 62.5 KB Image Insert: Image Insert: What I am asking which one was called the 56 shadow Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/07/2007 11:06 am The car or the coin? LOL The coin, the 1956 (weak 6) looks like a strikethrough grease error (IE grease). The second image 1956-D is just one that the mint mark is touching the 9 on the date. The placement on the dies was punched into the die. Usually they try to advoin this touching of the date, so many RPMs show on this correction as a lower mint mark may be added or a separate mint markd may be added. The punching is not a one step process. The find the placement area and punch, then repeat over the same started area. When the punchings don't match up right over each other, then a RPM is formed. Why? Because there is separation between the two or more punchings. The larger the separation the more collectable it becomes. Check out my avatar. This one probably stated NE, but a strong RPM was place lower and thus the extra marks for separated punching, forimg a RPM. Report this Post to the Staff
Jim1953 Pillar of the Community United States 2600 Posts	Posted 11/07/2007 11:06 am Sounds like something from my comic book days. Flame On! Jim Report this Post to the Staff
amac44 Member United States 3242 Posts	Posted 11/07/2007 11:12 am The man who owned our towns coin shop had 1 back 1960 I never did buy I just searched rolls hoping to find 1 I just hope Chuck/CCoins or founinaroll remember the term for for 1956 shadow Edited by amac44 11/07/2007 11:15 am Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 02:38 am Actually, the 1956 cent shown was damaged by a counting machine. It damaged the 6 then subsequent wear and toning made the 6 look weak. I don't remember any such name for a '56 cent. There is something called a Poorman's doubled die on the 1955 cents. Of course, they are not doubled dies at all. Maybe Chuck has heard something about the 1956 that I never heard. Just keep in muind that when a coin is hyped for whatever reason, people can come up with all kinds of descriptive names for something that really isn't anything too out of the ordinary. Report this Post to the Staff
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