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My heart skipped a beat when I got this wheat cent in change today.....a 1955!!!

GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭✭
Upon closer look, no double die.....but anyone know what's going on with the far '5'?

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Thanks for looking.

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  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's the "poor man's doubled die" variety. Worth a couple bucks in Unc.
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    Die Erosion doubling commonly referred to, on this coin, as a poor man's doubled die.
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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>My heart skipped a beat when I got this wheat cent in change today.....a 1955!!! >>


    Times like these make being a coin collector really fun! image
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's the "poor man's doubled die" variety. Worth a couple bucks in Unc. >>


    I had one of those in my boyhood collection. I probably still have it somewhere.
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The poor man's doubled die keeps the 55 DDO spot filled in a majority of the penny boards out there.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,687 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool pickup!

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  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice find. There are also other versions like this. I have seen coins such as 1953 with the same die erosion.

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  • MilkmanDanMilkmanDan Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, what a coin to find in change! You'd think most of the 55's would have been picked out by now.
  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Very cool pickup! >>




    Thanks Lord....I have learned so much about the "poor man's" doubled die tonight......thank you all!!!! image

    MidLifeCrisis says it all.............Times like these make being a coin collector really fun! image
  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's the "poor man's doubled die" variety. Worth a couple bucks in Unc. >>


    That's all I could ever find back in the early 1960's.

    Before I collected coins - or ever knew what a DDO was -
    we'd buy cigarettes out of a vending machine at a local diner

    [ we were rotten kids as I look back at it - smoking at 8-9 yrs old ;
    back then a pack would last four of us a week, ... we just wanted to look cool.]

    and I remember seeing two coins / Cents inside the celophane wrapping.

    My friend noticed that there was a mistake on them - and we thought
    they were damaged and not worth anything - so we pitched them. image

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat find... pocket change can still yield treasures...Cheers, RickO
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,125 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's the "poor man's doubled die" variety. Worth a couple bucks in Unc. >>

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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,467 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The thrill of the hunt. Is it possible a 55 DDO is just out there in a drawer, a penny jar, a bank roll?
    I always take a second look at 55's, 69S's, 72's and 83 cents.
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  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The thrill of the hunt. Is it possible a 55 DDO is just out there in a drawer, a penny jar, a bank roll?
    I always take a second look at 55's, 69S's, 72's and 83 cents. >>



    I believe this Po' Man 1955 is the first '55 I've ever received in change in my lifetime. image

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