Hey Guys! I'm an official error collector!!!

Hey Guys! Am I an official error collector?

So while taking photos of some of the cents in my Whitman album, I took a picture of a 1955 cent.

As it turns out, it looks to be 1955 Poor Man's DDO :thumb:

First, Am I correct?

Second, What is it worth?

 

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No idea whats its worth but cool find. Also great pictures!

 

Yep, caused by deteriorating dies.

 

Thanks! I did a quick shoot and left them in the album, hence the spot on the reverse. Didn't figure it was worth taking out until after I got to editing.

 

Cool error coin!!!

 

Not an error.

 

Not an error. Not a doubled die. Just deterioration of the die.

 

It's only worth what a poor man is willing to pay. J/K!

It's still a nice coin you got there!

Chris

 

I'm not poor, I'd swap him another penny for it. :yes:

 

Well first, your an error collector if you want to be one.. Second, the coin in the picture is not an error, its Die Deterioration. Value? whatever a normal cent of that grade, date and MM are I suppose.

 

Due to the hype around the real 55 DDO and the promotion that have done on these die deteriorated coins a nice one like this might go for 50 cents to a dollar retail. Wholesale no premium because they are just too common.

 

Sold one in 2008 for $31 bucks. Listed it as a poormans ddo and that it was caused by deteriorated dies.

 

List that on eBay- BUY IT NOW...for TEN BUCKS. as soon you listed there. Let us Know. I am very pretty sure your coin will be sold in a couples of minutes.
PS, FREE SHIPPING too.

 

Seen alot of them on ebay , Listed as poor mans double die, and some i saw brought 10 to 100 bucks, I would check the coin against copper coins and see if it matches anything theres as there are i belive 8 different varitys listed there other than the famous 1955 doubled die. It may be die deteration on the (5)ws but you should look at the whole coin. Still nice, I would keep it.

 

I don't have ebay nor do I have paypal
I'm going to keep it anyways since I have that empty pesky hole in my whitman album labeled 1955 (Doubled Die)

Sorry to resurrect an old post.

 

I picked up a BU on Ebay for $5 last year, free ship, and that was probably too much to pay for one of these.

 

Caz if you have the eye for errors keep an eye out for DDR Franklins. If you find one and don't want it but give me the lead, I'll send you an awesome coin for finding it. I've been finding about 1 a week, and am up to 5. They are going for about 300 after the re-slab.

 

what years were these common in jcb?

 

The ones I found were 48-51 If they have some tone they are a must have.

 

thanks jcb!