1955 WHEAT DDO 1 1

[Jennifer McFarland]

Is this a special coin??

[Greenstang]

Just looks like a regular cent with some staining on the reverse.   
With over 563 million minted, they are fairly common.   
What makes you think that it is special?

[Sandon]

   Welcome to the NGC chat board.

   Please try to obtain closer shots or better resolution for your photos and crop them like this:

   

   This appears to be a normal, well-circulated (Very Fine obverse, Fine reverse) 1955-D (not 1955) Lincoln cent, with a retail value of five cents. Dealers trade circulated common date wheat reverse cents like this in bulk (hundreds or thousands of pieces at a time) for a few cents each. Based on the photos, the dark areas on the coin appear to be stains or corrosion.

 

Edited May 27 by Sandon
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[Coinbuf]

On 5/27/2024 at 9:34 AM, Jennifer McFarland said:

Is this a special coin??

I see nothing special about it.

[RWB]

Jennifer - What led you to think this was a doubled die obverse cent?

[Sandon]

    I don't recall seeing "DDO" in the title when I wrote my initial response. I see no doubling of any type on this coin, but the poor resolution of the photos would likely preclude seeing all but a major doubled die.  

   If you're thinking of the well-known 1955 doubled die obverse cent listed in major references, yours couldn't be one of them because it is a 1955-D (Denver mint), not a 1955 (Philadelphia mint). The 1955 doubled die obverse cent looks like this (NGC Coin Explorer Photo):