1955 Doubled Die

I can see the doubling on the lip and the nostril and the bowtie and the hair.

Does the ear look funny? Yes. Its doubled along with everything else on the bust.

Please note that the angle of this photograph does show certain areas of the coin.

Here's a shot with a little less glare:



The ear has some corrosion or gunk along with what appears to be a couple of hits.

Here is an authentic Ear:

 

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I am still hoping to learn if this coin is a candidate for conservation?

If so, how best to proceed?

I'm enjoying other discussion as well. Just asking again?

 

I would say absolutely. Even if you only get a details grade, at least you have hard proof that it's genuine. There is no way I would try to sell that coin raw. As for who would be the best TPG to send it to, I'll let others weigh in on that.

 

The coin needs to get soaked in acetone to remove that verdigris stuff between the letters. NGC could probably address this quite well.

 

NCS may will do a fine job on this, but acetone will not touch verdigris. It will remove PVC gunk and may remove some dirt, but it will not touch corrosion.

 

I agree 100%.

For whatever reason, my friend refuses so it will be sold as is. (With a guarantee that it is genuine.)

I've only heard that NGC uses NCS when conservation is needed. Does PCGS have a similar service?

 

Instead of all the guessing games, send it to NCS for either a details grade or they'll send it to NGC for grading. Just my thoughts.

 

On most 55 DD coins that I have seen and the PCGS AU one I have, the 2 impressions seem to be almost the same depth, so there is very little intersection lines formed where for instance the "5"'s overlap. This one seems to have more.

Since you got us a nice obverse blow up, could you do the reverse?

Thanks
Jim

 

This man has 5 or 6 complete Lincoln wheat sets. (And 5 or 6 more that are near complete.)

Also, a large gun/coin/whatever safe full of other goodies.

I don't recall seeing a slab.

It might be an attitude thing!

 

No they don't. Only NGC has ties with a conservation service.

 

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