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Ok. Am I seeing things? Is this possible? I just bought a lot of lincoln cents off of craigslist. After going through 4 or 5 bucks worth I had set this one aside to get a better look. Is it a weak double die? I see doubling at the top right of the 9 and the bottom tip of the first 5. Of course the second 5 looks doubled too. Any thoughts? Mike   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Sorry but this is not even close. What you are seeing is Die Deterioration. The big doubled die has a much bigger spread than this. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Of course this is a really weak one compared to the true ones, but if it is doubling, it's a cool find.
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Rest in Peace
United States
1943 Posts |
This one is what is marketed as the poor man's double die. It is very common.
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Valued Member
United States
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I was just going to ask about that. I've heard of the poor man's variety.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well congrats you found one  . Now get back to roll searching and find us the real one.  |
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United States
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I paid way too much for the lot to begin with and although there were a handful of cents in the teens, I kinda got screwed. Oh well.
Mike
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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a true 1955 doubled die is like a vertigo type of doubling, it is such a striking doubling that you won't have to even ask if it is one, you will know for sure.
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Valued Member
United States
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I have seen pics before, I just thought this might be one that had a little doubling. I read up on this and understand them now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1952 Posts |
there's no such animal as a poor mans double die! that's nothing but a ploy to sell the coin and nothing more
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1952 Posts |
it has been selling these "poor mans" cents for far longer than ebay has been here so it's not an ebay scam just a scam |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Machine and/or erroded die doubling.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"Did I actually find a 55 double die?"......Nope.  |
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Valued Member
United States
455 Posts |
Your cent is definitely not a double die, but a regular 1955 cent. Sorry about that, but I doesn't hurt to double check..
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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there's no such animal as a poor mans double die! that's nothing but a ploy to sell the coin and nothing more
Not completely true. What is ment by that statement is many coins, such as this one, are not real double dies but something that people can afford. Many people use them to fill slots in Albums all the time. The real ones sell for thousands of dollars so a coin for a filler at a really low price is what a lot of people do. At coin shows some sell for as much as $50 for ones in really great shape. Of course due to die wear most are not what you could call really high grades anyway. However, the one you show is actually in decent shape so would probably sell on ebay for a good deal as a Poor man's Double Die. Real ones look more like this  Edited by just carl
01/18/2011 9:57 pm
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United States
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I would rather have an empty hole than pay good money for something that will never see a return
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Posted 01/16/2011 6:07 pm
