I can see some minor doubling. I would think it would be a "Poor mans double die" In other words, it has some slight doubling, but not significant enough to be the real deal. Here is what a real DD 1958 penny looks like:
Nah! I'm not going to complain about the improper use of the term "double die". I just got finished with a crybaby on another thread who said I like to make people look like fools. Horsehockey! Chris
I am just new to the whole finding these things so I am wondering what I actually might have. Didn't see the predominant Doubling but I am not up on all the collector's terminology. Thanks!
The term "poor mans doubled die" is generally used when referring to the 1955, because some enterprising coin dealers decided that marketing a coin made on a worn die would make them a couple of bucks and the name stuck. Really though, it has nothing to do with the actual dies of the genuine doubled dies of the date. Some like them because they can cheaply fill a spot in an album, but it's not the real deal and should hold very little premium as an error at all since it is just a worn die. I consider the three leg buffalo in this same category, but most would probably disagree with me on this.
you have a very rare coin. Rarity Scale = URS-3 = 3-4 known. Breen#2222. I am looking at my The CherryPickers' Guide to rre varieties Fourth edition -Volume 1. Type of variety Doubled Die Obverse (1-0-I) very nice coin. not sure of the value ? wait and someone here can probably tell you the value...
your coin looks nothing like the real 1958 obvious double die coin. sorry your coin has not much value.