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<p>[QUOTE="paddyman98, post: 2930621, member: 44615"][USER=90905]@Boss4070[/USER] </p><p>Quote - <i><b>"In 1955, a hubbing error caused some cents to get struck with an obverse die which showed doubling in all of the obverse devices, producing a prominent doubling of the date, and to a less noticeable degree, the rest of the obverse. This is known as the 1955 doubled die cent. A similar die error occurred in 1969 on dies used at the San Francisco Mint. While the 1955 doubled die cent is well-known and widely collected, the 1969-S doubled die is far rarer, with an uncirculated specimen selling for as much as $126,500 in a 2008 Heritage auction. The same mechanism produced 1972, 1983, 1984, and 1995 Doubled die cents. Doubled Dies are known for practically every date in the Lincoln cent series, but most are minor, and less impressive compared to the 1955 and the other Doubled Die varieties mentioned here."</b></i> closed quote</p><p><br /></p><p>I want to share this webpage with you - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="paddyman98, post: 2930621, member: 44615"][USER=90905]@Boss4070[/USER] Quote - [I][B]"In 1955, a hubbing error caused some cents to get struck with an obverse die which showed doubling in all of the obverse devices, producing a prominent doubling of the date, and to a less noticeable degree, the rest of the obverse. This is known as the 1955 doubled die cent. A similar die error occurred in 1969 on dies used at the San Francisco Mint. While the 1955 doubled die cent is well-known and widely collected, the 1969-S doubled die is far rarer, with an uncirculated specimen selling for as much as $126,500 in a 2008 Heritage auction. The same mechanism produced 1972, 1983, 1984, and 1995 Doubled die cents. Doubled Dies are known for practically every date in the Lincoln cent series, but most are minor, and less impressive compared to the 1955 and the other Doubled Die varieties mentioned here."[/B][/I] closed quote I want to share this webpage with you - [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29[/url][/QUOTE]
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