I'm not sure that is always the case. Cohen, in his book, list several BIE's he describes as "die cracks". This is listed as a "BIE" and it is a crack. (I think)
I guess I am old school then,that is a die crack to me.The BIE label came about because the "die chip" makes it look like the letter I is in between the B and E. John1
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