Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

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Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby Tourney64 » Sat May 07, 2011 9:41 pm

I found my first 1955 double die Lincoln cent. Can see the doubling in the 55 and Liberty on the left obverse. I would rate it in fine 12. Will probably send it in for grading and then sell it. Been trying to get a good picture of it to post, but can't get a good picture.
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby bman » Sat May 07, 2011 10:36 pm

please post a picture before you send it in, it's probably a "Poor man's" double die and not the valuable one. The one that's worth a lot of money is REALLY doubled and obvious with the naked eye.
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby Corsair » Sat May 07, 2011 10:48 pm

Send it to me. I will happily take a picture of it for you.
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Mon May 09, 2011 5:41 pm

Tourney64 wrote:I found my first 1955 double die Lincoln cent. Can see the doubling in the 55 and Liberty on the left obverse. I would rate it in fine 12. Will probably send it in for grading and then sell it. Been trying to get a good picture of it to post, but can't get a good picture.



Take a little drive up I-65 and I'll personally will take it off of your hands...I mean take a look at it. :D
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby abe » Mon May 09, 2011 6:44 pm

Got Laminated Lincolns? Give me a buzz.
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby Tourney64 » Mon May 09, 2011 8:13 pm

It's doubled all over but not as severe as the links. Visible with the naked eyes. Should have some pictures on Wednesday. I think it will be a poor mans. I don't see any distinction between doubling severity on PCGS.
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby abe » Tue May 10, 2011 4:39 pm

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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby Tourney64 » Tue May 10, 2011 4:55 pm

It's worse on the date and Liberty.
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby Morsecode » Tue May 17, 2011 9:35 am

I found one this morning...ddo2. Pretty cool.

here's another link

http://www.lincolncentresource.com/doub ... 5ddo2.html

Look on the reverse for a die dot just below the 5 o'clock on the "O" of "OF".
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby Morsecode » Wed May 18, 2011 8:26 pm

Don't know how well this scan shows it (I'm on a 4 inch smartphone screen), but here it is

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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Thu May 19, 2011 11:28 am

Can you get a bigger blow up of "IN GOD WE..." I hate to say this...but from this picture it looks like machine doubling. The letters have a distinct shelf-like (or like a step down) look to them. I'm no expert but do some research on examples of machine doubling. I still think it's a very cool distinct find...I've never seen a 1955 like that.
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby abe » Thu May 19, 2011 2:22 pm

Anyway you can get a pic where we can enlarge the image? To me it looks like it has a good shot at a DDO#2, but also remember you can have a doubled die and MD on the same coin.
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Re: Found my 1st 1955 double die Lincoln

Postby Morsecode » Thu May 19, 2011 5:17 pm

I had someone else do the scan yesterday, then emailed it to myself so I could post here. Too late for another pic...the coin is taped up and ready to go to pcgs. Should know in a month what it is ;)
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