Folklore-The 55 Double Die Cent

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  1. Cliff Reuter

    Cliff Reuter Well-Known Member

    Ouch! But I'm sure she returned the set ... right?
     
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  3. johnmilton

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    According to the Dave Bowers story, he found a cigarette machine that was dispensing packs with 1955 doubled die cents in them. You put 30 cents in the machine and got back the cigarettes with two cents change. He said he stood at the machine and bought out its contents.

    Some people say that the exposure to the tobacco caused many 1955 doubled dies to lose their red color. The coin is hard to find with mint red despite that the fact that the variety was spotted quite early. It was first listed in “The Red Book” in 1959.

    My guess is these coins ended up in albums and coin envelopes and not in the middle of coin rolls and the like where they would have been more protected from light and the elements.

    Many 1955 doubled die cents were issued in New England. A collector I knew when I lived there told me that he and his father enhanced their collection from the sale of many 1955 doubled dies that they found in circulation.

    Here's mine, a Choice AU with no red.

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  4. Dialupsux

    Dialupsux Well-Known Member

    Who needs red, I prefer my Cents brown
     
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  5. Spark1951

    Spark1951 Accomplishment, not Activity

    ...putting into perspective...

    1955 DDO brown ...awe inspiring.
    1955 DDO red brown in AU...awesome!
    1955 DDO red in MS...incredibly awesomer!

    I don’t think I am the first to coin (no pun intended) the word “awesomer”, but I like to think I am and it needs to be added to not only American lexicon, but also to Funk and Wagnalls.
    ...jmho...Spark
     
  6. Nyatii

    Nyatii I like running w/scissors. Makes me feel dangerous

    I like mostest awesome.
     
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  7. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    I bought this one from Mr. Bowers raw at auction. It cost me $8 to have it graded.
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  8. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    After all these years it looks like this in the slab.
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  9. Spark1951

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  10. Joe Campbell

    Joe Campbell Well-Known Member

    I thought a lot of the went to an amusement park in Ohio?
     
  11. TypeCoin971793

    TypeCoin971793 Just a random guy on the internet

    PQ = Premium Quality
     
  12. TypeCoin971793

    TypeCoin971793 Just a random guy on the internet

    Same here. The toning can be really pretty, and you don’t have to worry about the value halving due to the coin changing in the holder
     
  13. manny9655

    manny9655 Well-Known Member

    nope
    and good riddance (to her, not the coin). That was 40 years ago.
     
  14. Cliff Reuter

    Cliff Reuter Well-Known Member

    It sounds like it was a better trade off if you ended up with a better example in higher grade now ... than her! (;
     
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  15. Cliff Reuter

    Cliff Reuter Well-Known Member

    Those were the 1980 No P dimes that went to the amusement park, I believe.
     
  16. Cliff Reuter

    Cliff Reuter Well-Known Member

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  17. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    1992
     
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