is this the poor mans 55 dd?

[cnladue]

I am so new to this variety thing ,so I hope I am not being an idiot asking if this is machine doubling or nothing at all?

[Bob P]

Yes, this is the poorman's doubled die. It is actually caused by die deterioration.

[coop]

It happened because the dies were use to the limit and past. The dies then to wear in the direction of the rim with the outside areas affected the most. Here is another example of the poor man's "So Called" doubled die.

This happened to the 1953-1955 Cents, but because of the BIG doubled die on the 1955 Cents, the idea caught on about the poorman's doubled die. In a BU roll I had bought, 19 were PM's and they were from several different dies. So extra value for them? If all you saved were PM Cents and paid over melt/BU value for them, in the long run you would be the poor man.