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• dib Posts: 311 ✭

  June 30, 2015 7:32AM

  Nay

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 30, 2015 7:33AM

  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.
  
  

  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.

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• silverpop Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 30, 2015 7:35AM

  die chip
  
  yeah maybe common but still makes a good add on to my collection
  
  thanks for the info

  those who are laughed at always have the last laugh

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• SullivanNumismatics Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭

  June 30, 2015 7:41AM

  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.

  www.sullivannumismatics.com Dealer in Mint Error Coins.

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• silverpop Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 30, 2015 7:56AM

  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

  those who are laughed at always have the last laugh

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• SullivanNumismatics Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭

  June 30, 2015 10:38PM

  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."

  www.sullivannumismatics.com Dealer in Mint Error Coins.

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• asheland Posts: 23,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 1, 2015 12:41AM

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

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• JRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 1, 2015 1:23AM

  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:
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Some coins are just plain "Interesting"

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• MsMorrisine Posts: 36,229 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 1, 2015 2:01AM

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

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