How common are 1958-D wheaties with a filled 8?

DominusDeus

Going along with coppercoins' site, and playing around with my loupe, I noticed that my 1956-D was actually a 1958-D with the top part of the 8 filled (which must've made me think it was a '56 many years ago). I then looked at the 1958-D that was in its correct hole in my album, and the top part of the 8 was also filled, making a total of two (so far) that I've found. Is this what is listed as the "1958D/7" on CopperCoins' site that was disproved?

Sorry for the "blah" pictures, but I don't quite have a decent setup to take pictures of coins, even more so for taking pictures through a loupe.

Shamika

I owned three of these as a kid, but none of my collecting friends had one. I'm sure I still have them in a jar somewhere, but I don't think these are too rare. Then again, we may own the only known examples.

coppercoins

Filled digits in the 50s are actually quite common. Few people that I know of bother saving the coins for that reason alone.

DominusDeus

Ah, thank you. These are the only two I've ran across so far...

pharmer

One thing the die chips on 50's Lincolns are good for is making accurate ID's of die varieties, like 1955S 1c rpm's 2 and 3, which are similar to my eye but can be differentiated by where the chips occur in certain stages.

DominusDeus

Found these three... Thought I'd post them. The one that interest me the most is the first one...
Not sure if this is post-mint damage or no... All are taken through my loupe, so images are
ropped to remove the dark rings produced by the loupe seen through the camera.

1955-P


1958-D


1951-D

coppercoins

None of those are post-mint damage. They are all minor errors, breaks in places where Lincoln cent dies are known for breaking. The first is dubiously named "cracked skull" Lincolns, and some people collect them, although the market is quite small. They exist on many different dates and mints of Lincoln cents.