Hello and Welcome man! Can you be more specific to where your seeing Doubling. I see a damaged "D" in GOD. Where else?? Thanks
Die Deterioration doubling. Worthless doubling. Look at the last number of 1955. That's a worn die issue. Known as the poor man's doubled die but not a true Doubled die variety. Here is a webpage that explains it http://www.lincolncentresource.com/FAQ/Poormansdoubleddie.html @SensibleSal66 Whenever you see 1955 and doubling together in any thread remember this. For your knowledge
It looks to me like it is a very very subtle double die error. It is quite common on the 1955 wheat cent, so there is a possibility this could be worth something. (biased opinion)
No,it's a normal Wheatie with worthless doubling Not a true (doubled) die (variety)and yes this coin is worth one cent.
Disclaimer first: I wish that they never dubbed the 1955 with Die Deterioration, a Poorman's Doubled Die. It just confuses that heck out of people. As Paddyman noted, this is die deterioration. We can see this mainly in the outer devices and the field slope right at the periphery of the rim. Especially in the 1950's, die sets were used past their usefulness resulting in lots of anomalies. BIE cents and die chips/cracks everywhere. Other decades too, but especially the 1950's. The infamous 1955 Poorman's Doubled Die is the result of a worn-out obverse die...not a doubled obverse die. I might have an AU/BU specimen kicking around in my collection...and it looks nothing like my actual 1955 DDO...and there isn't any doubling on it whatsoever. If the granddaddy of all DDOs didn't happen in 1955...it's doubtful that the Poorman's Doubled Die label would have ever been coined. Happy hunting!
The "1955 Poor Man's Double(d) Die" was worth a premium at one point, because it looks a little bit like a partially doubled die. It isn't; it's simple die deterioration, and dirt common, but since the big 1955 DDO is so big, the excitement rubbed off. There were quite a few dealers helping with the rubbing.
The value lies in it being a nice 1955 cent. Nothing more. I say this because many inexperienced collectors think that they found the "Holy Grail" when they "think" they see doubling on a 1955.
I have about 3 of these in my stash of Wheaties. Of course I spotted them way before I knew about the poor man's double die. So for a while there I thought I had struck it rich. Close but no cigar.
Here's a quick pic of a 1955 PMDD, middle to late die stage. I put the light at 3 o'clock to cast shadows on the to the west. Yet, you can see the die wash to the right of the 5's, especially the last one. Wash towards the rim on IGWT too. MDS/LDS coin.
