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Fake Error? 1955 Lincoln Cent

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Looks to me like a manufactured error. What do you think? https://www.ebay.com/itm/126669796471
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Well it's not a DDO as stated in the ebay page.. but it's strange and the double image on the reverse is not backwards so..

I am always weary of ebay sellers that post such small photos.
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Appears questionable.
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Looks like post mint damage to me...
And that very silly AI description says cringe all over it...
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And that very silly AI description says cringe all over it...
Indeed.
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Definitely a man made "error". PMD.
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Definitely a false error, easy to make.
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but it's strange and the double image on the reverse is not backwards so
Look again, the 6 on the right side.
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Reported, for what it's worth.
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Look again, the 6 on the right side.

..ah yes I see it is backwards when I enlarge the pic 20x.
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