a little less light and directly at the coin angles are not good when looking for errors the ones i have usually have a die crack in forehead
I see the die deterioration on a blowup of the pic. I've once heard the story about these--after the 1955 DDO gained popularity, someone bought up a whole bunch of these coins and marketed them as the "poor man's doubled die"--and made a good profit doing it. As they aren’t a doubled die, but die wear, their interest/value as a variety isn't as high—but it’s still a good story.
"Only $2.95"--probably back when 3 bucks was worth something too. Now I remember, they called it a "1955/5", which I suspect confused collectors about doubled dies and repunched dates--when neither are die deterioration.
I started a thread about these years ago but can't find it. The topic was about when and who started marketing these.
"Fill that doubled die space" they used to say. Don't know why Whitman ever included the 1922, 55 D/D and 72 D/D in their albums, all errors.
