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<p>[QUOTE="paddyman98, post: 2237149, member: 44615"]I went on Ebay today to look at some error coins that I am watching and I clicked on a section I had never seen before. They tried to give an explanation on how the 1955 Doubled Die Cent was made... And it was the worst explanation ever!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Read this</b> - quote "In 1955, a young man working the night shift at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia didn’t notice that the machine used to make the pennies was a fraction of an inch off from where it was supposed to be. As a result, around 24,000 faulty pennies were put into circulation. Today, these “double-die” cents can fetch thousands of dollars" closed quote</p><p><br /></p><p>That's the worst description I have ever read! Unbelievable! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the section on Ebay - (I want to share this webpage with you) <a href="http://www.ebay.com/gds/7-Exceptional-Error-Coins-on-eBay-Worth-a-Fortune-/10000000205446688/g.html?_trksid=p2050601.m1256&_trkparms=%26clkid%3D9137280380664268461" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/gds/7-Exceptional-Error-Coins-on-eBay-Worth-a-Fortune-/10000000205446688/g.html?_trksid=p2050601.m1256&_trkparms=%26clkid%3D9137280380664268461" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/gds/7-Exceptional-Error-Coins-on-eBay-Worth-a-Fortune-/10000000205446688/g.html?_trksid=p2050601.m1256&_trkparms=&clkid=9137280380664268461</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="paddyman98, post: 2237149, member: 44615"]I went on Ebay today to look at some error coins that I am watching and I clicked on a section I had never seen before. They tried to give an explanation on how the 1955 Doubled Die Cent was made... And it was the worst explanation ever! [B]Read this[/B] - quote "In 1955, a young man working the night shift at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia didn’t notice that the machine used to make the pennies was a fraction of an inch off from where it was supposed to be. As a result, around 24,000 faulty pennies were put into circulation. Today, these “double-die” cents can fetch thousands of dollars" closed quote That's the worst description I have ever read! Unbelievable! :yack: Here is the section on Ebay - (I want to share this webpage with you) [URL='http://www.ebay.com/gds/7-Exceptional-Error-Coins-on-eBay-Worth-a-Fortune-/10000000205446688/g.html?_trksid=p2050601.m1256&_trkparms=%26clkid%3D9137280380664268461']http://www.ebay.com/gds/7-Exceptional-Error-Coins-on-eBay-Worth-a-Fortune-/10000000205446688/g.html?_trksid=p2050601.m1256&_trkparms=&clkid=9137280380664268461[/URL][/QUOTE]
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