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Wife brought home from the bank where she works 30 rolls of wheat cents a young lady brought in. After going through most of them I have approximately 150 to 200 "1955" pennies. Could it be maybe I have a double die in one of them. I know nothing about the double die and maybe if someone could explain how to tell them apart from a regular 1955 or upload a picture it would be extremely helpful. I'm a Morgan collector but have a Dansco Lincoln album that has a few holes left but I'm not a serious Lincoln collector. Will be posting another thread on these Wheatie rolls I got. And to answer any questions, No I haven't gotten nothing great out of them yet. Found a 1914 with a mint mark but cant make out which one it is.
Need some help on the double dies.
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edgman/Tom R
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The 1955 double die is probably the most famous.Just google it and there will be tons of pictures and if you have one,you will know.The good ones are very obvious.
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1955 Double Dies are, um, not easy to miss.  |
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Thanks guys. That was quick. I thought only the date was doubled and not the whole side of the coin. Pretty sure now I don't have one but will take another glance at them.
Want you to know that you guys on this forum are great at helping people like me. I've learned a lot so far.
edgman/Tom R
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Just a note, the 1955 poor mans doubled die has a small premium. Check yours for one. John1  |
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OK John1 now you did it! With everyone's help I thought I had this double die stuff figured out. What the heck is a poor mans double die? It maybe the error I was thinking about. Could you or anyone else post a "poor mans doubled die" for me?
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edgman
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A poor man's double die has doubling on the lower serif of the eastern 5 of 1955 and is pretty common. Can you provide pictures of your coin?
jim
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The "Poor Man's" double die is not actually a double. It is the result of Die Deterioration over the course of usage. You'll see it as a sort of shelf-like doubling of the date to the right. They're very common. They carry a slight premium simply because of the association with their more-famous fellow variety - in any other year, this kind of feature is a non-event. |
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SuperDave is dead on. I must have a can with 50 of them in it. The only reason they have any premium is because people don't understand what they are looking at and some else gave it a misleading moniker. Personally, I feel some of the more severe MDs should have more value than the "poor man's DDO". Jim |
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If I remember, 56 yrs old, now, I will pull one out and post a pic of the "poor man's DDO". Jim |
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Jim1953
I would appreciate it if you could post a picture on one. And to the others thanks for the help and how much of a premium does this poor mans double die amount to? My dreams of becoming rich from these 253 "1955" Lincolns I got is suddenly going down the drain.
edgman "1941"/TomR
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I don't have a photo of the Poor Man's Double Die but probably if you tried that https://www.coppercoins.com web site they would have a great photo of them. The person that runs that site, Charles Daughtrey, usually brags about having taken many thousands of photos of Lincoln Cents, has two books out on them, is well known in the Coin World as an authority on Lincoln Cents. I too have almost a roll of those Poor Man's Doubles. Only the last 5 in the date appears to be doubled. As already noted if it was any other date, people would just throw them back in change. At coin shows I've seen the poor man's variety sell for close to $50. Really nuts. |
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If you found a 1914 with a mintmark, it is quite a find. A 1914-D would be the most valuable, but a 1914-S is nothing to scoff at either! Both are very desirable dates.
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If I can get a good picture of this 1914 I will try and post it. You have to see it. The 1914 is real clear but where the mint mark is looks now under a heavier magnification like someone scrapped the mark off. That would be stupid to do because both are valuable. Am just learning how to take photos of coins and once I do that I have lots of Morgans to go to the grading forum and will do that 1914. Also yesterday I looked at my profile area. I am not 16 like it said. Reverse that and add 8. Tried to fix it but would not take new age. Maybe too old.
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edgman/Tom R
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