1955 1C Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent - Type 1 Wheat Reverse CACG AU55BN (CAC)

Pristine surfaces are rich with satiny mint bloom. Glossy brown fields are remarkably clean and well preserved. Boldly struck with strong doubling present.  POP of just 3 at CACG for the grade. It is estimated that more than 20,000 dobuled die cents were made in 1955. Many examples were obtained when purchasing a 23-cent pack of cigarettes as they contained two one-cent coins as change via vending machines that accepted only quarters. Though mainly found in New England, they popped up elsewhere too.It has been said that mint employees were aware that several thousand 1955 doubled die cents had been made accidentally,  but they opted to let them go instead of recalling and destroying a batch of Lincoln cents numbering into the tens of thousands.