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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dot, post: 156587, member: 6394&quot;]Hello! I&#039;m new to this incredible forum and am glad to have found all of you.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started collecting coins, mostly cents, since I was a kid, but have let it lapse for the past many (many) years.&nbsp; My son is starting to get interested, so I&#039;m trying to get back into it now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I was looking through my penny hoard, and found several rolls of 1955-S BU cents.&nbsp; Naturally I went looking for a double strike, to no avail.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I found so many other errors that I started getting suspicious that these coins are counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I found 6 with the BIE die break, all are nearly identical.&nbsp; There are other erros that seem to be in series as well (die break pre-cud stage along right wheat stalk), that I found several of.&nbsp; Plus, some with one or both 5&#039;s filled (top).</p><p><br /></p><p>Out of 8 rolls, I found over 50 coins with some sort of error.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t that seem a bit high?&nbsp; These were not mint rolls, they were in tubes.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had them for over 20 years, never opened them up until yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will post photos if anyone thinks they can give any guidance as to how to evaluate these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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