1953 wheat double variety

rodeo514

Are these pictures coming out ok? I see the 3 looks doubled. Is this something noteable ?

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WilliamF

Its the worthless kind of doubling unfortunately ( machine doubling I believe), its neat but fairly common and doesnt carry any premium, I have a couple of those as well, heres one similar to yours

Steven59

It's from die deterioration - (DDD) just like the "Poor man's" 1955 Lincoln cent.

From the Internet: "Apparently during the mid-fifties the Mint made a habit of trying to stretch the life of the Lincoln cent dies and kept them in use too long. Doubling just like that seen on the so-called 1955 Poorman's Doubled Die can be found on cents dated 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, and also 1957."

https://www.error-ref.com/die-deterioration-doubling-raised/

WilliamF

@Steven59 said:
It's from die deterioration - (DDD) just like the "Poor man's" 1955 Lincoln cent.

From the Internet: "Apparently during the mid-fifties the Mint made a habit of trying to stretch the life of the Lincoln cent dies and kept them in use too long. Doubling just like that seen on the so-called 1955 Poorman's Doubled Die can be found on cents dated 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, and also 1957."

https://www.error-ref.com/die-deterioration-doubling-raised/

Thanks for the correction! I wasn't quite sure what kind of doubling it was

MarkKelley

Extremely common worthless worn die.