1955 "Poor Man's" Doubled Die

Another VF20 (or so) w/DDD. Research shows the desire to own the real 1955 DDO drove coin dealers to scramble to find something to satisfy their customers, tagging this deteriorated variety as a poor man's copy. This is the second one I've run across in the last 6 years.







I called this grade F12...Spark

 

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Yep, I remember those ads.

I got one lot from eBay that included quite a few Wheat cents. I went through them quickly, and realized that there were maybe half a dozen "poor man's double [sic] die" 1955s in the batch. I did set them aside... somewhere.

 

LOL @jeffB, maybe in your SDB?

Steve

 

Shameful confession: not all my random circulated wheats are in secure facilities.

Now keep your eye on my local news for "burglar found crushed under collapsed pile of random electronic equipment" stories.

 

I remember that ad - Coins Magazine - Iola, Wisconsin.

 

I have five or six like that. So I am still a poor man.

 

I got these 4 for $1 or $2.

 

I bought 2 complete rolls.. 100 1955 dbl poor man koins all Bu