Does anyone still collect BIE cent errors?

COINS MAKE CENTS

So in a collection I came across hundreds and hundreds of BIE erros on wheats and memorial cents. The collector actually had paperwork showing auction results as well as a BIE club, but this was all from the 70s

Does anyone collect these things anymore, or are they to plentiful now and not worth keeping out of the wheat bucket?

Thanks

silviosi

I know peoples which collect those things. Before I release in the wild, now I senf to a friend in Philladelphia.

keyman64

I do not collect them but I have a raw one somewhere.

rmpsrpms

I collect them, going so far as to specialize in their die stages and such. I'm particularly fond of 1955-S, and in the earliest dates, any unusual ones, etc. I recently got a rare one from a member of another forum, and shot it in HiRes. You can see it here:

https://easyzoom.com/image/501143/album/0/4?mode=manage

I generally am only interested in BU examples since the BIE die chips are often taller than the rest of the letters, thus circulation is not kind to them.

COINS MAKE CENTS

@rmpsrpms said:
I collect them, going so far as to specialize in their die stages and such. I'm particularly fond of 1955-S, and in the earliest dates, any unusual ones, etc. I recently got a rare one from a member of another forum, and shot it in HiRes. You can see it here:

https://easyzoom.com/image/501143/album/0/4?mode=manage

I generally am only interested in BU examples since the BIE die chips are often taller than the rest of the letters, thus circulation is not kind to them.

Is there a website you use particularly with rarity or price info? Any tougher dated ones?

silviosi

https://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/

This it is the web site for them.

CRHer700

I only have been able to find one 1958 in circulation.

Steven59

I don't religiously search for them but when I do find one I keep it.

silviosi

@ rmpsrpms said:
I collect them, going so far as to specialize in their die stages and such.

So Ray I will send in future also to you not only to Keith

BLUEJAYWAY

The mint provides something for everyone.

OAKSTAR

I had no idea there was a BIE club!!

WAYNEAS

When I treasured these coins as a youngster, to me, the '57-d was the most prevalent BIE coin.
I still have a cache of them somewhere.
Wayne

Pizzaman

We collect them. Habits are hard to break.

BLUEJAYWAY

Nice to see minor coins represented. Most of us started with the minors.