A 1955 LINCOLN DDO and DDR

Tommy was indeed correct; it's what is often referred to as a "poor man's".

 

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No - A doubled die originates from the die that was used to strike the coin. It is the die that possesses the design doubling characteristics which is duplicated on the coin when struck by the die but the coin is only struck once by the die. A double struck coin is a coin that has been struck by a die multiple times.

A doubled die is attributed to an error in the manufacturing of the die. A double struck coin is attributed to an error in the manufacturing of the coin.

 

Poor mans doubled die is only a phrase that was attached to it a very long time ago.

 

The original coin at the top of this thread
was struck from false or fake dies.

The '55 cent above is an example of what
used to be called the "Poor Man's Doubled
Die", because the last 5 looks doubled - -
but was struck from a worn die.