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SMPTX New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 02/09/2021 11:34 pm Howdy: As I progress through coins that were left from 2 generations, I came across 2 different cards of pennies that I cant find any info on. If I can once again lean on the great folks here in the Coin Community for input, I appreciated it. The first is several uncirculated 1960-D Pennies that "look" to be different. My Grandfather has 3 of them and are in some type of plastic and stapled to a card that states "HYPEHN B-E". Taking a closer look at all 3 coins, I notice that the B and E in Liberty are pressed close to each other making it look like a hyphen between the two letters and the bottom portion of the "B" is filled in. There are 3 like this in uncirculated. I have provided a picture. The second is several cards of pennies that again are in plastic stapled to the card. There are 6 pennies on each card. 3 are "D"s are 3 are no mint mark - all are 1960 uncirculated. As you can see in the picture, the only thing marked on the card is left row "LARGE", middle row "MEDIUM" and third row is marked "SMALL". I took a picture but didn't remove the pennies from the plastic to get a close up. Any ideas? Third is a few cards with uncirculated 1960 D's that have "High D, "Even D" and "Low D" cant find any info of this. Probably will not be able to tell much from those still in the plastic, but the markings on each card ever heard of it? Thanks in advance Mark * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Edited by SMPTX 02/09/2021 11:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Rothery Pillar of the Community 2145 Posts	Posted 02/09/2021 11:53 pm That's a good one. Called a "BIE" error which really is a "variety". Caused by a chipped die. There's a website you can look it up on but I can't remember it. Someone else will comment on the website I'm sure, Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 02/10/2021 12:05 am There are a bunch of die break varieties in LIBERTY generically called "BIE" varieties. Your "hyphen BE" is in the same category, you might find a specific reference somewhere like here http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/ 1960 comes in both "large date" and "small date". I'm guessing that's what it refers to, although I've never heard of a "medium" date. High, even, and low "D" probably refers to the mint mark position. With 1.5 billion minted, there's probably more mint mark positions than just those three. Perhaps there was a reference book that called them out like that so perhaps someone else with more knowledge will comment. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 02/10/2021 04:25 am and In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96250 Posts	Posted 02/10/2021 07:07 am to CCF Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/10/2021 08:51 am Rothery calls it. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
SMPTX New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 02/10/2021 09:02 am As always, thank you everyone for your help! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/10/2021 10:39 am This is more of a die event. The die was normal when it was created and struck many cents. As the die aged, the die chips started to appear. The term variety is usually applied to something different on the die when it was created. So these are actually die events. We didn't start off with wrinkles, they developed as we aged. This is an aging dies woes. Report this Post to the Staff
nemlas Valued Member United States 213 Posts	Posted 02/10/2021 10:49 am Wow Coop. I like your new glasses. Report this Post to the Staff
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