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

Goldbully

Upon closer look, no double die.....but anyone know what's going on with the far '5'?






Thanks for looking.

rhedden

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

19Lyds

Die Erosion doubling commonly referred to, on this coin, as a poor man's doubled die.

MidLifeCrisis

<< <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!

RYK

<< <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.

JRocco

The poor man's doubled die keeps the 55 DDO spot filled in a majority of the penny boards out there.

lordmarcovan

Very cool pickup!

fcloud

Nice find. There are also other versions like this. I have seen coins such as 1953 with the same die erosion.

MilkmanDan

Wow, what a coin to find in change! You'd think most of the 55's would have been picked out by now.

Goldbully

<< <i>Very cool pickup! >>




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

MidLifeCrisis says it all.............Times like these make being a coin collector really fun!

MFH

<< <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.

Sad, but true...

ricko

Neat find... pocket change can still yield treasures...Cheers, RickO

johnny9434

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

morgansforever

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.

Goldbully

<< <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.