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Anyone remember the big "BIE" rush in the 70's, WINNER IN LAST POST

SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 21, 2016 9:19AM in U.S. Coin Forum

In my stupid little give away.
Coins you will receive are pictured here.
Just post to enter. Only 2 post per person winner drawn by random number generator

https://www.ebay.com/str/christyscoins
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,519 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No need to add me to the give away but it is cool you are doing it. To help bump the thread with one I acquired a couple of years ago at flea market for $2.....

    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,421 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I recall those being heavily promoted. I never found them to be very interesting though I do remember some club members of that period who were very into the minor Lincoln cent varieties. A few of those folks thought they could make money on them though I don't know if they ever did. I haven't heard them mentioned in many, many years.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,120 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And I learned something new here today! Thanks!

    K

    ANA LM
  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool, I think they're kind of interesting, even though they were milked to death in the 60s and 70s.
    FWIW, I found a very strong 1998 BIE in a roll and "modern" BIEs are really scarce.
    I sold it for a NICE profit. :)

  • KccoinKccoin Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow I remember seeing 55s BIE for the first time a few years ago. It was in the same box as a 55s with cud in the 5. That was pretty cool to see at my first show.

    Cool drawing. Count me in for fun

  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember those :) Sounds like fun.
    Thanks for the fun.

    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • Jackthecat1Jackthecat1 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭

    I have not seen one of those in years. Thanks for the memory.

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  • hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool. Thanks for the chance.

  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember chasing those well.....
    I would have thought it was in the sixties.....

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  • PaleElfPaleElf Posts: 990 ✭✭✭

    Very cool! Never seen one of those before.

  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hadn't heard about these until about 10 years ago. My uncle showed me some.
    They are an interesting little thing all right.

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • 3sidesofsilver3sidesofsilver Posts: 280 ✭✭✭

    I have never found one in searching thousands. Would be cool to have a few for the album. Thanks.

    --Craig
  • OKCCOKCC Posts: 522 ✭✭✭

    Now that's something neat that I wouldn't normally search for. Now's my chance. Thanks

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,484 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd like to bie entered!

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like little things like these. Thanks for the chance. :)

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those are interesting...never found one.... Thanks for the chance... Cheers, RickO

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,862 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the opportunity.

    Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb

    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,862 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When the area of the die between the B and E cracked off and created the "BIE", do you suppose anyone involved in the minting process could have ever imagined we would be talking about it 60 years later using the internet.? :grey_question:

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    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,080 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow, very educational post. I did not know much about the "BIE" cents, just that there was one. Did not know there were many over a period of years. Same failure of the die causing this? Thanks for the giveaway, enter me please.
    Jim


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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,862 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am not an expert on this subject, someone else chime in please, but I believe from what I have read was that the die area between "B & E" was weak and cracked often.

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    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭✭✭

    At one time I had over 100 different BIE's per a book I had on the topic.
    If I am a winner then pass them to a YN or a specialist. Good memories
    searching through wheatie rolls.

  • mustangmanbobmustangmanbob Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A good BIE was to DIE for. I would HIE my way to the bank to search rolls, but all I ever got was humble PIE. I thought these were going to LIE low for ever, or at least be in a TIE with all the 2009 Lincoln minor varieties.

  • ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,738 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice flashback! I'll bet if a 'BIE' die break was discovered on a Capped Bust half, it would go thru the roof!

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    Erik
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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,859 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They were even more popular in the '60's.

    ......and there were other die chip combinations
    in LIBERTY, the Date, Mintmarks, etc.......

    They were easily found in change in the 60's,
    and a woman, Jean Cohen, even produced a
    large, hard-copy 600 page (yes, 600 pages) Book
    entitled "The Classification and Value of Errors
    on the Lincoln Cent - The Encyclopedia of Fidology"

    It had over 6,000 line-drawing pictures of the Lincoln
    Cent, with BIE's, Cracked Skulls, Clogged and Blob
    Letters and Numbers, other die cracks, etc.

    It was published in 1970, and I have a signed copy
    by her, # 356, that I've had since 1970 (when I was 20 yrs. old!)

    I used to sell these types of die errors thru the mail,
    for ten cents to a buck, around 1964, 65.

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i'm in

    coin and banknote dealer since 2003

  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember them and sold many to the kids around my neighborhood who I started in coin collecting.

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  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,281 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool!

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  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭✭✭

    cool

  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭

    Kind of neat, thanks!

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,025 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the chance.

    Cool

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  • gtstanggtstang Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool and interesting cents

  • rmpsrpmsrmpsrpms Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love BIEs! See a bunch of BIE photos I've taken in high resolution, some with 3D perspective rendering, and a few animations at my website:

    http://www.macrocoins.com/image-gallery.html

    PM me for coin photography equipment, or visit my website:

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  • BIGAL2749BIGAL2749 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭✭

    Couple of weeks ago I opened a Bu roll of 54-S cents and found 7-8.
    I do remember that they were popular but when I looked up current prices was disappointed.
    They do look neat.
    Al

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,862 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice renderings there @rmpsrpms

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    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,550 ✭✭✭✭✭

    its been a while since i seen one of them. thanks for sharing :)

  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:
    Very nice renderings there @rmpsrpms

    Agreed

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  • giantsfan20giantsfan20 Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭✭

    Enter me for chance to win.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hoping to keep my non winning streak alive with this entry. :)

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • JcldJcld Posts: 449 ✭✭✭

    I had never heard of this variety, very cool of you to give some away.

  • Bob1951Bob1951 Posts: 268 ✭✭

    I remember it. We found,(me and my dad) found quite few while while searching rolls , mostly dated 1957 and 1956.

    Do you remember the satellite 1960 Jefferson nickels?

  • donzmedonzme Posts: 169 ✭✭✭

    Nice blast from the past.

  • achteyachtey Posts: 304 ✭✭✭

    never heard of these before...thanks for the new knowledge.

    The world meets no one half way. If you want it you have to go get it.
  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 17, 2016 9:01AM

    I am in! I wasn't actively collecting back then, but have a Lincoln Dansco set going, and when I win I will put it in a flip and tape it to the inside of the album; just thinking positively is all. Thanks for the opportunity.

  • cruisersk1cruisersk1 Posts: 190 ✭✭✭

    Be nice to win one!

  • FallGuyFallGuy Posts: 207 ✭✭✭

    Please count me in.

    Thank you!

  • HoledandCreativeHoledandCreative Posts: 2,802 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neat coins. Exciting to find in circulation 50 years ago.

  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the education. Interesting how what is old can be new.

  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Has anyone estimated how many of these are out there?

  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,032 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Lonesome John used to sell small replica Mint-sealed bags of various minor errors, maybe 100 Lincolns, for a small fee in the early 70's. (Fred, break out one of his old catalogues) Inside you would find many BIE's and all the other variants that occurred on 'Liberty'.

  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here is the ongoing catalogue of Lincoln BIE cents run by BJ Neff & JC Stevens...

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

    The more you VAM..

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