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Stujoe
[center]<img border="0" src="http://www.stujoe.com/images/cents/1955ddira.jpg" ><br><B>Image Courtesy of <A HREF="http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=iras4&include=0&since=-1" TARGET="_blank">iras4</A> on Ebay</B><brt><br>[/center]<img border="0" src="http://www.stujoe.com/images/invdot.gif" width="25" height="1">This is the famous 1955 Doubled (Double) Die Lincoln Wheat Cent. A Doubled Die coin is created when the hub that is used to make the individual dies is misaligned during one of the impression onto one of the dies. This is one of the most striking examples of this kind of error. <br><br><img border="0" src="http://www.stujoe.com/images/invdot.gif" width="25" height="1">For a larger picture of the doubling on the obverse of a different coin (which will open in a new window), you may <A HREF="http://www.stujoe.com/images/cents/55ddl.jpg" TARGET="_blank">click here</A> (Large image Courtesy of <A HREF="http://www.stores.ebay.com/id=5085809&ssPageName=L2" TARGET="_blank">anaconda.rare.coins</A> on Ebay). For more information on Doubled Dies and how they are created, you may <A HREF="http://www.coin-gallery.com/cgstanton3.htm" TARGET="_blank">click here.</A>
Tiffibunny
That cent freaks me out makes me feel like my vision is blurry. Wish I had my hands on one though.
Stujoe
laugh.gif Me too on both counts!
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