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Poor man's double '55 die
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Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:08 pmby creshka46
I was organizing some wheat pennies that I've had a while and realized that I have two that I'm pretty sure are 1955 "poor man's" doubled dies. Is there any premium on these at all or are they just another interesting variety?
Re: Poor man's double '55 die
Posted:
Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:58 pmby abe
Some people use them as a hole filler til they get a true 55 DDO.
Lots of people sell them hoping to find a sucker or two who
don't know the difference. They're nothing but coins from
worn out dies, but MS examples may fetch $8-$10 to the right person.
http://www.errorvariety.com/OFD/DDD.html
Re: Poor man's double '55 die
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Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:20 pmby uthminsta
I see them all the time for a couple bucks. I think I might have one or two, just cause... it's an error, and I like Lincoln varieties and errors.
Re: Poor man's double '55 die
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Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:32 amby abe
Its not an error or variety, just come from a worn die.
Re: Poor man's double '55 die
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Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:52 pmby uthminsta
You're right, ABE. I would consider that a mint-caused defect though... which is, in my eyes, an error.
Re: Poor man's double '55 die
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Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:32 amby just carl
You're right, ABE. I would consider that a mint-caused defect though... which is, in my eyes, an error.
That is somewhat true. Although just worn dies are just worn, still if they were replaced there would be no such thing as the poor man's doubled die. And note it is a DOUBLED not double. Silly correction but that is what they call it.
Re: Poor man's double '55 die
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Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:27 amby uthminsta
It's a silly thing that the 1922 "plain" cent is so popular and valuable... after all, it's just a worn die, just like that of which we speak. But people like to collect oddities. ANYTHING that doesn't fit the norm. 1997 "brass" cents. Clipped planchets. Capped dies. Weak strikes. Doubled dies. Wide AM, close AM. Off center strikes. Rotated dies. Counterstamps. Laminations...
So, yeah. People collect oddities. I guess that is because they start off accumulating what they can of a particular series, then once they get most of them, they start to wonder what else is there that could expand this collection?