Seeking opinions on this 1955/55 Doubled Die Lincoln

commoncents05

Thanks in advance.

-Paul

Cgb

WOW!

Now thats what I call doubling!

Simply amazing coin, I am sure any collector would love to get their hands on it.

If its yours, I tip my hat to you.

SeattleSlammer

great double

Smittys

Looks 58 to me

BlindedByEgo

My opinion is that it is a very nice looking coin! I love the 55 DDO.

STONE

counterfeit


Hey, you asked me what I thought

RareBronzeCollector

Here is mine......

droopyd

looks a-ok to me -- wish i had one.

ricko

Looking good..... Cheers, RickO

VTCoins

Hard to tell from the images, but the coin looks really nice for the grade. Better than an AU55.

mcgrover

Let me throw this out. I've got one too, and mine has a rotated reverse. It's in a PCGS MS61 RB slab so I always felt it was the real thing. And I've seen other slabbed '55 DDOs with rotated reverses - about 15 degrees or so - same as mine. Mine's in a SDB so not in hand. But others I've seen haven't all had rotated reverses, and this one doesn't seem to be rotated, so apparently some are and some aren't. I always heard there were only 25,000 of these made, and doesn't it seem like such a small number that more than one reverse die would be part of this issue? Anyone have any knowledge of what I'm referring to? Am I clear on this?

lasvegasteddy

excellent coin i say and it looks better then i'd think for a 55

mcgrover

Actually RBC's coin looks like it might be rotated, but hard to tell from pic.

mrearlygold

How much did you pay for it if you bought it recently?

RareBronzeCollector

<< <i>Actually RBC's coin looks like it might be rotated, but hard to tell from pic. >>



There IS a slight rotation on mine........

mcheath

I like it. It's a 55 that i would pay 58 money for

JRocco

That is a nice looking 55 DDO for a 55

GFourDriver

Great doubling Paul, it'd make a great give-away for my 500th post...lol

Priest

Nice coin , I have a NCG, MS-61 and let me tell yours looks much nicer, you're sinking my thinking that earlier slabed coins were graded with more thought put into the grading. That is a nice coin.

RBinTex

AU58+

GrumpyEd

<< <i>Let me throw this out. I've got one too, and mine has a rotated reverse. It's in a PCGS MS61 RB slab so I always felt it was the real thing. And I've seen other slabbed '55 DDOs with rotated reverses - about 15 degrees or so - same as mine. Mine's in a SDB so not in hand. But others I've seen haven't all had rotated reverses, and this one doesn't seem to be rotated, so apparently some are and some aren't. I always heard there were only 25,000 of these made, and doesn't it seem like such a small number that more than one reverse die would be part of this issue? Anyone have any knowledge of what I'm referring to? Am I clear on this? >>




Mcgrover, having a rotated reverse doesn't mean it was a different reverse die. It would be the same reverse die but it got loose and rotated. You should still see the die markers on the T of CENT on the reverse.
There probably are some more out there like it.

Animalkeeper

Nice luster and a fair amount of color still in the protected areas. Pretty. Hope you got it for a good price!

mcgrover

Ok, assuming I've got the die scratches from the 'T', you're saying the reverse die "chattered" its way 15 degrees off center. What's the chance the reverse die was re-installed after stamping off a number of 15 degree offset coins? If it "chattered" over, then there should be rotation varying from 0 degrees to whatever the max degree offset was (say 15 degrees), and if re-installed then the rotation would only be the one variation. Do I have this right?

WCQX

Accurately graded AU55 with a shot at AU58. Nice looking coin, I see some remaining lighter luster around the date.

lonelyp

No matter how many pounds of unsearched wheats I buy on ebay I cant find any better than a poor man's dd.

mozeppa

its a good one!.....mmm chocolatey

thebeav

<< <i>No matter how many pounds of unsearched wheats I buy on ebay I cant find any better than a poor man's dd.

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I've sorted well over 200 bags garnered from public and I've never found one.

TwoSides2aCoin

questionable color ....
or would the boys say : altered surface ?

rabbitracks

Very nice coin for an AU-55. Has original lustre still on the coin. Has a good chance for an AU-58 with the clean fields it has. Great full strike also for an AU-55. Definitely a keeper.
Mike.
Someday REAL American HERO's will be on our COINS.

BigTom

Nice.

clw54

<< <i>Let me throw this out. I've got one too, and mine has a rotated reverse. It's in a PCGS MS61 RB slab so I always felt it was the real thing. And I've seen other slabbed '55 DDOs with rotated reverses - about 15 degrees or so - same as mine. Mine's in a SDB so not in hand. But others I've seen haven't all had rotated reverses, and this one doesn't seem to be rotated, so apparently some are and some aren't. I always heard there were only 25,000 of these made, and doesn't it seem like such a small number that more than one reverse die would be part of this issue? Anyone have any knowledge of what I'm referring to? Am I clear on this? >>



I have two of them and they both have slight rotation.

mcgrover

I've never seen the rotation as an authentication point for this coin, I suppose because they aren't all rotated. My point was that doesn't it seem like such a small mintage for there to be from zero to 15 degree rotation? And in my limited knowledge I assumed the rotation was due to one of the dies being set up off line, rather than being the result of a 'loose' die walking out of line. I suppose it could happen either way? I'm happy to hear from anyone who knows more than I about how rotations can come to exist.