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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5411697, member: 101855"]According to the Dave Bowers story, he found a cigarette machine that was dispensing packs with 1955 doubled die cents in them. You put 30 cents in the machine and got back the cigarettes with two cents change. He said he stood at the machine and bought out its contents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people say that the exposure to the tobacco caused many 1955 doubled dies to lose their red color. The coin is hard to find with mint red despite that the fact that the variety was spotted quite early. It was first listed in “The Red Book” in 1959.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is these coins ended up in albums and coin envelopes and not in the middle of coin rolls and the like where they would have been more protected from light and the elements. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many 1955 doubled die cents were issued in New England. A collector I knew when I lived there told me that he and his father enhanced their collection from the sale of many 1955 doubled dies that they found in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's mine, a Choice AU with no red. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234457[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5411697, member: 101855"]According to the Dave Bowers story, he found a cigarette machine that was dispensing packs with 1955 doubled die cents in them. You put 30 cents in the machine and got back the cigarettes with two cents change. He said he stood at the machine and bought out its contents. Some people say that the exposure to the tobacco caused many 1955 doubled dies to lose their red color. The coin is hard to find with mint red despite that the fact that the variety was spotted quite early. It was first listed in “The Red Book” in 1959. My guess is these coins ended up in albums and coin envelopes and not in the middle of coin rolls and the like where they would have been more protected from light and the elements. Many 1955 doubled die cents were issued in New England. A collector I knew when I lived there told me that he and his father enhanced their collection from the sale of many 1955 doubled dies that they found in circulation. Here's mine, a Choice AU with no red. [ATTACH=full]1234457[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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