1957 D Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC With "b" Filled In

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Cathi78 New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 03/08/2019 11:54 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * Is this an error? Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74624 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 12:12 am It is an error, but it's pretty common on the 1950's Lincoln Wheat cent. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34426 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 06:47 am Looks like the 5 in the date may also have a small die chip. Not uncommon, but still interesting to find! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 09:07 am These die chips are common for the period, as noted, and especially on the 1957. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 10:49 am to the community! In the fifties the mint ran the dies into the ground and they ran into a lot of issues. Die breaks, die chips, Cuds, ect. Report this Post to the Staff
fortcollins Pillar of the Community United States 3660 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 11:14 am First, Your coin also has a small die chip in the "9" and adjoining the "7" in the date. These chips can be fun to collect. They won't make you wealthy, but they are interesting. (In local coin shows, I sometimes sell groups of 10-12 different small die chips at $4 for the lot, so they aren't worth much.) As others have already pointed out, they are extremely common in post-WW II wheat cents, especially the high mintage dates in the 1950s. Your coin is a nice starting point for collecting them. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 3:56 pm The cause of the device being filled in is this. The post that would normally fill in the center area of the 'B' had broken off the die. So it is not a filled in by grease issue, that come to mind of many collectors, but with the rim, it just filled in the coin now on the die and left a raised area in its place. Report this Post to the Staff
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1957 D LWC With "B" Filled In