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Message:: [QUOTE="Bones-65, post: 8228229, member: 136030"][USER=135271]@The Meat man[/USER]You wrote "Wow quite a penny collection! Very nice 1955 DDO you have there, that must be a prize!" Thank you for the compliment!Yes, that 55 DDO is a real prize for me, it was childhood bucket list coin, much like the 09SVDB.I've gotten both coins in pretty recent times, say the last year maybe year and a half.I found the 55DDO listed on "Angel Dee's" for $2,000 which was (is) a lot of money for me to drop on a Penny for sure, but the 55DDO is legendary.Here is the images of the coin when it was up for sale. [ATTACH=full]1446240[/ATTACH] The first Red I ever saw was the 1965 edition, the 55DDO was listed in that book I was 8 years old, my Dad, both my older brothers talked about the 55DDO, and how great it would be to find one in change. At 8 years old, I could tell by the way they talked about this coin it had to be SPECIAL!Get this, that Red, I still have it, and its got my Dad's signature on the inside cover! I remember looking through that book in amazement of coins like a 3-Cent Piece!! A Half Dime!!!! a 2-Cent piece!!! coins I had NEVER seen. [ATTACH=full]1446243[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1446244[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1446245[/ATTACH] Recently I set out to find what edition of the Red Book did the information for the 55DDO first come out in, after a couple of hit & misses I found it, 1960 13th edition, I bought it! 50 Bucks (UNC) back then, there wasn't enough pop bottles on the planet at that time to cash in and buy that coin.Here is the 55DDO first Red Book appearance! [ATTACH=full]1446251[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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