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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7816655, member: 101855"]If the “old man” was from New England, it would not be unusual for him to have more than one of these coins if he was collecting in the mid to late 1950s. New England was where they popped up in circulation. I knew a collector who said that his dad and he found eight of them in circulation at that time. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the pieces in the OP, I really don’t care for a couple of them. Even if they are real, most of the survivors grade at least EF, and these pieces look kind of beat up. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1955 Doubled Die Cent is only scarce in red Uncirculated. Otherwise, it’s only a matter of money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7816655, member: 101855"]If the “old man” was from New England, it would not be unusual for him to have more than one of these coins if he was collecting in the mid to late 1950s. New England was where they popped up in circulation. I knew a collector who said that his dad and he found eight of them in circulation at that time. As for the pieces in the OP, I really don’t care for a couple of them. Even if they are real, most of the survivors grade at least EF, and these pieces look kind of beat up. The 1955 Doubled Die Cent is only scarce in red Uncirculated. Otherwise, it’s only a matter of money.[/QUOTE]
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