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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NKonB, post: 1706100, member: 51123&quot;]Hello!&nbsp; I am new here, and truly a novice coin collector - it&#039;s something I am reviving from childhood, but I barely even know the terms used.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an interesting 1955 wheat penny, and rather than start a new thread, thought I would go to one with a similar topic.&nbsp; I would just consider it nothing - I mean, all newbies get excited thinking they have something special that turns out to be nothing, right?&nbsp; However, there are so many things irregular about this penny....perhaps it was minted just before the die started truly doubling ....thus, interesting but nothing special.&nbsp; Anyway, I researched it as much as I could, and still can&#039;t quite dismiss it as nothing, so I thought I&#039;d ask the experts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I do not have any good pictures yet, so thought I would describe it to the best of my ability, and hope that Y&#039;All can tell me if it seems worth pursuing.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to be a true error coin, but not classic doubling or &quot;poorman&#039;s&quot;.&nbsp; All of what I describe is VERY obvious -the penny is still almost as bright and shiny as a new coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most notable is the &quot;e pluribus unum&quot;, which looks like something a&nbsp; child scrawled, with some letters touching the rim, and some squashed&nbsp; down, and some lines scored thru the letters, the letters all uneven - definitely abnormal.&nbsp;&nbsp; And, the date has strong mechanical lines scored thru the numbers - also, half of the &quot;1&quot; is a&nbsp; blob, the bottom of the 9 is off, and the 5&#039;s have the strongest mechanical&nbsp; score lines thru them.&nbsp; The &quot;Liberty&quot; is off, too.&nbsp; The L, is - I think -&nbsp; actually doubled - the vertical part looks like two lines squashed&nbsp; together, and the top and bottom of the L go into the rim of the coin;&nbsp; All the&nbsp; letters in LIBERTY are a bit off, but not doubled.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas?</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks for your time and effort, here!</p><p>[h=2][/h][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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