Error?

silverpop

found this 1957d Wheat penny with what looks to be a partly filled B in Liberty



any ideas?

dib

Nay

FredWeinberg

It's a die chip - extremely common
on that date, and other's, in the 50's
and early 60's.

They're easily found in any group of
wheaties -

An interesting item to fine, but there
are probably about 25,000+++ more
of them in circulation than there are
collectors for 'em.....

Good eyes, but it won't buy a cup of java.

silverpop

die chip

yeah maybe common but still makes a good add on to my collection

thanks for the info

SullivanNumismatics

Filled "B"s and "BIE"s are what first got me interested in varieties. They're fun to find in rolls of wheat cents, but as Fred said, they're not worth anything.

silverpop

see I was after info on if it was a error or not

value means a lot to a investor, but to a simple collector like me it has no bearing on the coin

SullivanNumismatics

It's not an "error", but is a variety since it is a defect on the die. It is called a die break, and occurred when a small piece of the die which form the letter "B" broke off, which caused the metal to simply fill the lower area of the "B" instead of forming the hollow of the "B."

asheland

It's still interesting, never the less...

JRocco

These are all cool with the Lincoln series.
LIBERTY as well as date chips.
Here is a neat IIB that is a little unusual



And a few date chips as examples:

MsMorrisine

and while not valuable, I've set aside some zincolns with that die chip