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dbrablec Pillar of the Community United States 1944 Posts	Posted 09/22/2010 07:19 am i recently examined a couple rolls of 1957D wheat cents. I believe I have found one RPM, which I will try posting later. however while looking through them, I found many (40+%) had die breaks, usually the 9, 5, in the date, the B in LIBERTY, or some combination of all three, along with some "BIE" breaks. the question is - do these breaks, along with the commonality of the combinations, imply a "late die state", or am I attempting to be too general. in other words, did I just look through a bunch of predominately "late die state 57D's? thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/22/2010 08:49 am The 1950's Cents were made from very worn dies that continued to be used past their time. A lot of VLDS cents can be found during these years. Die cracks/chips/breaks show up more in these years because of the continued used past their normal retirement. Thus the BIE's and "So Called" poor mans doubled dies on the 1953 & 1955 cents. Die wear and opportunist selling happened then and still continues to catch the weary on these years. In a roll of BU 1955 Cents I picked up, 19 were the "So Called" ones which are very tired dies. BIE: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...BIE_Cent.jpg Poor man's "So Called" doubled die: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...M_answer.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
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