Need opinions please. 55 double die

Since Spain overtook China... duh!

 

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that one is. they had earlier one's that weren't so bad before the US cracked down on the imports. Those foreign websites were totally litered with "US Coins" that were very authentic. John Milton? did research into the early US coinage that had very authentic looking coins coming from China.

even though they may have some verbage of "replica" in titles, they're all mostly stamped COPY

 

Like most websites that want International sales, they allow you to select the language, currency, etc

 

It is my understanding that the Chinese counterfeiters were producing fake coins using a loophole in the Chinese law. Fake coins that were produced for sale within China must have "REPLICA" imprinted on them. If the fake coins were made for sale outside of China, they did not have to have any marking whatsoever.

Coin World ran a two-part interview with the owner of Big Tree Mint more than 10 years ago. His username on eBay was Jinghuashei.

 

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hoax-1955-ddo.371229/

 

Thanks to all for your replies and guidance. I can imagine its not often you'd see this on in the raw. I was really surprised when I saw it listed.

 

I’ve seen a few raw in old collections and even bid on a couple. My concern is the surfaces too

 

All of the real 1955 DD have a reverse that does not line up by about 6 degrees.
All you have to do is flip it over and if the reverse lines up correctly, it's fake.