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Pillar of the Community
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1955 s Lincoln Wheat cent Comments, Remarks, Weird Smiley Faces. Just sharing a cool coin that I like.    |
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Pillar of the Community
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what can I say, a beautiful coin! If you want someone to grade it, I'm not good at grading but thats a beautiful coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Not looking for grade, Just sharing a coin I like alot
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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stewart, do you own a 1955 double die? Thats also a beautiful coin that you should own (I should follow my own advice!)
Did you get this coin from a roll or what?
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Pillar of the Community
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I wish that I had a 55 double die. I picked up the 55s on ebay for a Crazy price (low) I did not even notice the error until I got it in the mail.  (Extra Bonus) |
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Pillar of the Community
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They call that a "BIE" because of the die chip between the B and the E of liberty, in case you didn't know.
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Pillar of the Community
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what error? Something in between LIBERTY or ? please educate me
NM, saw what rockdude posted.
Edited by mkman123
11/28/2008 11:10 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice example of the "BIE" chip.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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MS65RD, borderline MS66RD - depends on the eye appeal in person. Photos cannot justify such a small difference.
BIEs are somewhat common on 1955S cents - I've seen a number of them myself, and tossed them back in the rolls. I may live to regret that one of these days.
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Bedrock of the Community
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This a nice BIE. It also looks like a minor MM position variety in that the S looks to be touching the 5.
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Pillar of the Community
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It amazes me how as we get older we tend to get a little jaded about the coins we keep don't we? when we were 10 years old if we would have found a BIE error. That would have been the center piece of our show coins for quite some time. Now it hardly registers a blip on our radar.  Just an observation from a long time collector (Early 70s) when my niece finds something like that she goes on for quite some time. With her eyes all lit up like Christmas morning. I think that is why I have not looked up the value on a coin in quite some time. I seem to be enjoying the hobby again much more. |
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That is really a nice looking 1955 S cent. :-)
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You have a very nice coin there Stewart. It looks so neat without the usual dents and scratches. Congrats
junjie
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That coin is a beauty.I have a special intrest for coins of such appeal, not to mention that was a GREAT YEAR!!Thanks for sharing...
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Posted 11/28/2008 10:50 am
