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Message:: [QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 157196, member: 1242"]From the pics, the 1955-S Cent appears to have several problems in the area in question! It appears the the planchet was defective, the coin was struck through a lamination and a Die Break may have also been involved. Mere pictures alone probably won't help in determining all of the problems the coin encountered and a closeup, in-hand inspection would be needed. The 1955-S Cents are known for many errors such as the "BIE" error, filled letters and digits as well as several Varieties of RPM's. So, it is not out of the ordinary to find so many coins with errors in 8 rolls! I purchased a roll of BU Red 1955-P Lincoln Cents from a Coin Dealer and assumed that they had been searched and that I would be out of luck finding any errors. Well, when I finally got around to checking the coins, I found that I was seriously mistaken. Out of the 50 BU Red Cents, 43 of them were of the Poorman's Double Die Variety and 3 were Doubled Die #2 Varieties and all of the coins in the roll ranged in grades from MS-63 to MS-66. I sold the 3 Doubled Die #2 Cents for a total of $900 and still have the Poorman's Double Die Cents. Not bad for a $15 dollar purchase! Make sure that you recheck all of the coins for RPM errors. The 1955-S is well known for many "S" over "S" (S/S) and many "S" over "S" over "S" (S/S/S) repunched mintmarks which bring fairly nice premiums. Frank[/QUOTE]