This is the best error that I ever owned. I bought it in 1999 for $100, the guy threw in a Morgan dollar and oz of silver cause he thought I was over paying. I sold it about a month later for $400. I can't find the scan of the reverse, but the obverse was the besting looking.
They go for about $1000.00 now. You should of held on to it. Back in the early 1990's I saw a 1955 Doubled Die Cent being sold for $200.00 in the jewelry district in NYC.. I always regret not getting it.
Nice! They are worth a little more if you have two readable dates. The more dramatic and strong visibility of features, the higher the premium. These are tough to differentiate grades and most are a judgement call in terms of grading as many features are blocked by the denomination stamped over it. Not much of a difference between a 63 or 62, but 66 and 67 are definitely distinguishable from lower MS grades. Here is mine. MS65 in old, small, white ANACS holder; I know everyone says this, but I definitely feel this is a 66.
Wait, this isn't a unique coin worth tens of millions of dollars? When I saw the title I thought, "Here we go again." To the OP, nice coin!
Question for the Newbies! Why is it always Cent struck on a Dime and not the other way around? A Dime struck on a Cent?
I think because the dime blank can fit in the cent hub. And the cent blank can't fit in the dime hub.
Because they are struck on previously struck dimes. A cent planchet wouldn't fit in a dime collar or through the feed equipment for the dime press. If the cent was struck on the dime planchet first it would expand in size so once again to wouldn't fit in the dime collar.
