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Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:32 am
by William Fowler
My uncle got this back in 1955. He said he got it with his pack of cigarettes from a vending machine. Paid 25 cents when it cost 23 cents. There was two penny's under the plastic wrap.

Re: Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 12:01 pm
by coinguy
At first glance I thought it was genuine but upon closer inspection I would have
to say it was counterfeit.

Re: Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 12:38 pm
by henrysmedford
Counterfeit Detection: Altered 1955 Doubled Die Obverse Cent

See https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/7 ... gust-2019/

Re: Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:04 pm
by henrysmedford
I posted it on a US site to see there thoughts. See -- http://realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=44889

Re: Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:58 pm
by GBELEC
Pretty cool coin , If its a fake its a good fake.

Re: Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:59 pm
by newfyvet
I trust that it is real from everything I know about this coin....the counterfeit was really badly made in that it only doubled LIBERTY and the DATE and not "In God We Trust" and it's done in a very crude way and looked like it was double hubbed with everything spread out other then being very fine as the real one. The engraver that did this was very bad at it!!!

Re: Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:47 pm
by Bond632
Looks like the real thing to me. Can you post a close up of the T in cent?

Re: Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:07 pm
by William Fowler
Bond632 wrote:
Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:47 pm
Looks like the real thing to me. Can you post a close up of the T in cent?
It has the 2 lines under the left side of the T. When I see my Uncle again I will take more close-up pics.

Re: Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:31 am
by newfyvet
coinguy wrote:
Sun Feb 21, 2021 12:01 pm
At first glance I thought it was genuine but upon closer inspection I would have
to say it was counterfeit.
I'd be willing to take a bet that it's real....the fakes look nothing like this and "IN GOD WE TRUST" on the fakes was not doubled.

Re: Not sure if real 1955 P DDO

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:45 am
by Jim J
I'm not an expert on error coins, but it sure looks like its real to me just by looking at other pictures of a real one. The only thing I see is the color looks to be odd