I recently found this 1958 penny and I noticed the B looked different right off. As I inspected each letter, they all look like they could be doubled. The coin is damaged, so it is hard to tell. But even if the coin is damaged, if it is the 1958 DDO-001 it would have to still have some value. What do you think?
They are identical. Except for the damage. There is a die gouge above the U of TRUST on both coins and three die scratches that line up on the right side of the coin and one on the left that goes through the B of LIBERTY
They're not close to being 'identical'. Did you really click the link provided by alurid ? If so, there is nothing on your coin CLOSE to the '58 DDO-001. Good try, but you need to take a look at the photo, please.
Davey, you have fallen under the " Markers" falsehood. In the mint process for this coin's era, a blank working die ( the one that makes 100,000 or so cents) is pressed against a transfer die that imprint the design in what is called a hubbing process into the blank working die ( twice for your coin) so it could make those cents. If there was misalignment a doubled die could occur such as the '58-001', those would be the rare DDO we are referring to. But that only occurred rarely, as most working dies for the other millions of coins would have been transferred correctly, no DD. Now here is where you got stuck. Every working die made from the same transfer die would have the same markers possibly, but not the DD as that is a hubbing process. So find the doubling first and if it looks right, compare the markers. Most DD do not require matching with markers as they are obvious. Good Luck, Jim
