Is this die chip partially destroying the date an error or simply just kind of interesting??
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I don't consider die chips in and around the date on 50's Lincolns to be errors.
It is not all that uncommon. And some are really neat. Like is that a D ?
Sure it's not an 1853 wheatie?
bob
I like 'em! I think they're collectable errors good for conversation demonstrations.
Pete
Kind of interesting and not common or real rare. Too bad about the condition.
I find die chips can be interesting, depending on where they are... The OP example is an interesting one...and @JRocco has a great group of date/chips. I do not think they command much of a premium except perhaps for specialized collections. Cheers, RickO
As a die state characteristic I would not call it an error. Still neat though.
8 Reales Madness Collection
This type of stuff was pretty hot (tho not worth a whole lot) back in the 'sixties. Especially popular was the so called "BIE" die chip, with the chip appearing between the letters B and E of LIBERTY. There was actually a club devoted to them.
How times have changed. Had the fans of stuff like that paid a little more attention to some of the lesser known doubled dies, like the 1916/16 nickel or the 1961 DDR proof half dollar they'd be well off today.
very, very common
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Die chips on Lincoln cents seemed to be hugely popular in the 1960s and early 1970s. While working at a shop in the mid-1980s, we used to get very large collections coming into the shop with hundreds (if not thousands) of carefully packaged and labeled Lincoln 'BIE' and die chip coins. It seemed to be more work removing the coins from the holders than the coins were worth!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Technically it's an error but it's so minor and so common that it has no value other than for the interest and curiosity of a coin collector who enjoys studying his coins.
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