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creillyVeteran Member
Posts: 341 Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:16 am |
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OK so is this what a poor mans double looks like? I am sure you guys are so very tired of looking at my pictures and saying 'Umm, machine doubling". I have decided to put together a set of Just maching doubles, just for fun.
Now there is also a form of doubling to the IGWT, but I could not get a good picture of it, look at the I and the G in IGWT. Similar to the I in Liberty, in this not so good picture. Tons of die cracks on Lincolns head and jacket.
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coppercoinsSite Admin
Posts: 2809 Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Location: Springfield, Missouri.
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:28 am |
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Yes, that is a "poor man's double" cent - but these are caused by die wear. They are not true hub doubled dies, and in 1955 they are quite common...probably to the tune of one out of every 25-50 coins on average. But yes, that is what you found there.
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creillyVeteran Member
Posts: 341 Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:16 am |
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OK thats what I wanted to know.. I did not think it was a real ddo, just trying my wings on identifying things correctly.
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DickExpert Member
Posts: 5780 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Location: Rialto, CA.
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:53 pm |
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Cathy, you better put that back in the freezer, the frosting is melting!
Dick
_________________ " Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before".
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StevenExpert Member
Posts: 1298 Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Location: S/E Missouri
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:17 pm |
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Looks like some of the photos I have taken when I don't want to remove the coin from th 2x2.
Steven
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coopExpert Member
Posts: 3402 Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:38 pm |
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As the die is in VLDS (Very Late Die State) they wear is shown more in the outer devises of the coins made. Ex-heavy die flow/die wear is apparent on the devices near the rim or facing the rim. Thus the wear makes edges and field to become one with a snowdrift affect. They loose a lot of detail as they approach this die state. They are called poorman's doubled dies because if you bought a lot of these for a high price; in the end you would be the poor man with normal cents in a worn out die state.
_________________ Richard S. Cooper
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Copper_CrazyMember
Posts: 78 Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Location: Sarasota, FL
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:23 pm |
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I have several 1955 DDO 3's from EDS to LDS. The LDS ones show show the same die wear and hence another form of Poorman's DDO but this time with a genuine DOO, alas a light class 6. The real kicker is what happened on eBay a couple of weeks ago with an ANACS graded MS65 RD 1955 DDO 3. That coin sold for the unreal price of over $300.00! I tried to cash in on the action using one of my DDO 3's and got only $10.00 selling on the same day. It just goes to show what a slab can do for a common coin and inexperieced bidders who may not have know everything about the coin. They all had a rating of less than 10 transactions and there were three bidders going for the coin. I did sell a Poorman's DDO on eBay last year for over $50.00 so it wass not a fluke.
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