Poor man's double '55 die

[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?

[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

[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.

[abe]

Its not an error or variety, just come from a worn die.

[uthminsta]

You're right, ABE. I would consider that a mint-caused defect though... which is, in my eyes, an error.

[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.

[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?