Just Bob

You can give my share to the others, and accept my thanks for the chance to enter. Great give-away!

You can give my share to the others, and accept my thanks for the chance to enter. Great give-away!

Joseph N.T. Levick commissioned George Lovett to design a large group of tokens not only for his tobacco business, but also for his personal collection.  Levick was a lifelong smoker who lived to the age of 80.  There are many mulings of this famous obverse and reverse with other dies to create rarities for the avid collector, but the above piece is the original advertising card and probably the first group made for Levick by Lovett.
Preeminent in the field of tokens, J.N.T. Levick assembled a marvelous collection of these pieces during the late 19th century, while at the same time compiling definitive lists of Hard Times tokens and other issues. He also studied the Large Cents of 1793 and contributed the photographic plate to Sylvester S. Crosby's American Journal of Numismatics article which appeared in April 1869. Collections and groups of coins bearing his name were sold by various dealers from 1859 to 1908. One sale held by Bangs, Merwin & Company in 1865 was particularly notable as was a later offering featuring his token collection. The Levick pedigree on a Large Cent or token is at once distinguished and elusive.
Levick lived in or near Philadelphia in the 1850s where he was an active coin collector and chief bookkeeper for Freeman & Simpson. He was a member of the Philadelphia Numismatic Society, the first numismatic club in the United States. In 1859 he visited New York City where he attended auction sales, one conducted by August B. Sage. He later moved to New York where he worked as a banker, a dealer in government securities, a broker, and a trader of gold and silver. In 1860 Levick began to issue tokens made by George H. Lovett. He participated in the formation of the New York Numismatic Society in 1864. Soon afterwards that organization merged with the American Numismatic Society to form the American Numismatic and Archeological Society, forerunner of the current American Numismatic Society. Levick made a proposal in 1866 that led to the establishment and publication of the American Journal of Numismatics. During the Civil War Levick served as a lieutenant in New Yorks Sickles Brigade as an observer in a reconnaissance balloon.
 

Looks polished to me, too.
Good luck with the re-submittal.

That is not a "4." Note the distance from the point of the "4" to the "9" on the genuine 1943, and compare it with your coin. Not the same distance.

It looks AU, to me. The luster looks impaired in places. But, giving a definite answer from pictures is beyond my limited ability.

but my "don't bother responding to this poster because of his attitude" list is growing longer by the day.
I know that I was a newbie once, and I certainly made my share of bonehead posts - and still do, I suppose - but it seems like we keep getting people on here who:
(a) think that nearly every coin they run across has to be some some sort of special strike, experimental finish, error, or variety, or
(b) think that they are right, and everyone else is wrong, and that they are more knowledgeable than people with many more years of experience than them, or
(c) think that, since no one agrees with them, then everyone besides them either has a huge ego that prevents them from admitting that they are wrong or don't know, or is out to destroy their dreams, or
(d) can not accept constructive criticism or correction without getting defensive, or
(e) have gone off their meds, or are over self-medicating, or
(f) lack basic social skills

First: the "poor man's doubled die" is a rip-off created by people who wanted to take advantage of collectors who wanted something special but could not afford a genuine '55 Doubled Die cent. It is an attempt to have someone spend money on what is, essentially, a damaged coin. Your coin looks to have that damage - either strike damage, or die deterioration damage, or both. It doesn't look like one of the known doubled dies for that year, but Variety Vista has identified ten different ones for that year and mint. If you want to compare your coin to them, the link for their site is HERE.

In my opinion, pretty much any Roosevelt dime made after about 1950 will need to grade MS67 and receive the Full Torch designation, in order to make it worth the money to have it graded. Most dimes minted after the mid 80's will need to grade a minimum of MS68. To be designated Full Torch, all horizontal and vertical lines on the torch must be complete, without breaks from damage or weak strike. Neither of the reverse pictures that you posted show a dime that would qualify for the full torch designation,(also my opinion). And, even though the pictures are not very clear, I don't think any of the coins shown would grade MS67 or higher. They would make really nice coins for a Roosevelt set album, though. In other words, if the coins were mine, I would not have any of them graded.

In my opinion, pretty much any Roosevelt dime made after about 1950 will need to grade MS67 and receive the Full Torch designation, in order to make it worth the money to have it graded. Most dimes minted after the mid 80's will need to grade a minimum of MS68. To be designated Full Torch, all horizontal and vertical lines on the torch must be complete, without breaks from damage or weak strike. Neither of the reverse pictures that you posted show a dime that would qualify for the full torch designation,(also my opinion). And, even though the pictures are not very clear, I don't think any of the coins shown would grade MS67 or higher. They would make really nice coins for a Roosevelt set album, though. In other words, if the coins were mine, I would not have any of them graded.

Keep in mind, also, that, with your scale only reading to one decimal place, your coin could weigh anywhere from 2.85 to 2.94 grams, and your scale would still read "2.9."
The weight is outside the tolerance for either type of planchet, so checking your scale for accuracy, as the previous posters have suggested, would be the first step.

Apparently, I misunderstood the meaning of your phrase, "....metal detector...geeeeeez !"

I believe I read somewhere that some of the old presses were sold for scrap, and ended up in China, where they were (and maybe still are) used to manufacture counterfeit coins. There is also one in use in Colorado at the Moonlight mint.

I believe I read somewhere that some of the old presses were sold for scrap, and ended up in China, where they were (and maybe still are) used to manufacture counterfeit coins. There is also one in use in Colorado at the Moonlight mint.

but my "don't bother responding to this poster because of his attitude" list is growing longer by the day.
I know that I was a newbie once, and I certainly made my share of bonehead posts - and still do, I suppose - but it seems like we keep getting people on here who:
(a) think that nearly every coin they run across has to be some some sort of special strike, experimental finish, error, or variety, or
(b) think that they are right, and everyone else is wrong, and that they are more knowledgeable than people with many more years of experience than them, or
(c) think that, since no one agrees with them, then everyone besides them either has a huge ego that prevents them from admitting that they are wrong or don't know, or is out to destroy their dreams, or
(d) can not accept constructive criticism or correction without getting defensive, or
(e) have gone off their meds, or are over self-medicating, or
(f) lack basic social skills

Are you saying that this "MS 70" can turn some coppers blue? 

but my "don't bother responding to this poster because of his attitude" list is growing longer by the day.
I know that I was a newbie once, and I certainly made my share of bonehead posts - and still do, I suppose - but it seems like we keep getting people on here who:
(a) think that nearly every coin they run across has to be some some sort of special strike, experimental finish, error, or variety, or
(b) think that they are right, and everyone else is wrong, and that they are more knowledgeable than people with many more years of experience than them, or
(c) think that, since no one agrees with them, then everyone besides them either has a huge ego that prevents them from admitting that they are wrong or don't know, or is out to destroy their dreams, or
(d) can not accept constructive criticism or correction without getting defensive, or
(e) have gone off their meds, or are over self-medicating, or
(f) lack basic social skills

but my "don't bother responding to this poster because of his attitude" list is growing longer by the day.
I know that I was a newbie once, and I certainly made my share of bonehead posts - and still do, I suppose - but it seems like we keep getting people on here who:
(a) think that nearly every coin they run across has to be some some sort of special strike, experimental finish, error, or variety, or
(b) think that they are right, and everyone else is wrong, and that they are more knowledgeable than people with many more years of experience than them, or
(c) think that, since no one agrees with them, then everyone besides them either has a huge ego that prevents them from admitting that they are wrong or don't know, or is out to destroy their dreams, or
(d) can not accept constructive criticism or correction without getting defensive, or
(e) have gone off their meds, or are over self-medicating, or
(f) lack basic social skills

but my "don't bother responding to this poster because of his attitude" list is growing longer by the day.
I know that I was a newbie once, and I certainly made my share of bonehead posts - and still do, I suppose - but it seems like we keep getting people on here who:
(a) think that nearly every coin they run across has to be some some sort of special strike, experimental finish, error, or variety, or
(b) think that they are right, and everyone else is wrong, and that they are more knowledgeable than people with many more years of experience than them, or
(c) think that, since no one agrees with them, then everyone besides them either has a huge ego that prevents them from admitting that they are wrong or don't know, or is out to destroy their dreams, or
(d) can not accept constructive criticism or correction without getting defensive, or
(e) have gone off their meds, or are over self-medicating, or
(f) lack basic social skills

but my "don't bother responding to this poster because of his attitude" list is growing longer by the day.
I know that I was a newbie once, and I certainly made my share of bonehead posts - and still do, I suppose - but it seems like we keep getting people on here who:
(a) think that nearly every coin they run across has to be some some sort of special strike, experimental finish, error, or variety, or
(b) think that they are right, and everyone else is wrong, and that they are more knowledgeable than people with many more years of experience than them, or
(c) think that, since no one agrees with them, then everyone besides them either has a huge ego that prevents them from admitting that they are wrong or don't know, or is out to destroy their dreams, or
(d) can not accept constructive criticism or correction without getting defensive, or
(e) have gone off their meds, or are over self-medicating, or
(f) lack basic social skills

This particular seller, centsles, has been mentioned more than once over the years - here and ATS - as a seller of problem coins. He/she is best avoided.

This particular seller, centsles, has been mentioned more than once over the years - here and ATS - as a seller of problem coins. He/she is best avoided.

Great giveaway! Merry Christmas!