BIE dates?

gription · Advanced Member

i've seen 54S, 55S, and 57.. any others?

coppercoins · Site Admin

There's a lot of them. I don't have a list, but there are certainly more than three issues that ended up with BIE dies. 1955D comes to mind immediately.

eagames · Expert Member

They exist for many many years.

It seems some years like you listed have tons of them and I don't know what the oldest ones found have been.

They exist on atleast some modern years but are tough to find.

gription · Advanced Member

never really cared about these.. but i was thinking if i had a checklist to work off of i might get into it. i knew they were sporadic in the 50's, but i never knew they could be found up into the 90's... thanks, now i really don't care Laughing

Teryble · Veteran Member

How about this "bow tie bie".........Or anything else I am missing Rolling Eyes

KurtS · Senior Member

I find it intriguing how that particular spot on the die must be weaker than other areas of LIBERTY. I can only guess that's due to the juxtaposition of B and E. Confused

Dick · Expert Member

Yes, that is a nice "bow-tie". It Tux nicely with the "BE". I wonder if it might be a combination ot stress, with whatever might, or migh, or might not be on the rev.
Dick

coppercoins · Site Admin

Actually back when people did care en-masse about these, there was a national club for BIE colletors. They painstakingly went through and cataloged a few hundred different dies and published a book on the subject (1972). Some people still care about them and collect them. I will sometimes pull them out, sometimes I won't. I think I have three or four rolls of them sitting around somewhere, but have never really given them much attention.

I thought at one time a few years ago about trying to catalog them on this site, but figured I already had more than I could chew and didn't want to completely choke my efforts with the site, so I scrapped the idea....but it is do-able (for someone). Since these happen to the die, they are repeated until the die is retired. They also progress and can be followed in stages. They could make for an interesting study, but I took on die varieties, so that's my quest. I had to leave these behind for someone else.

cnladue · Veteran Member

this is not a bie but its kinda cute

GarryN · Expert Member

in the 12 yrs I have been going to a local bid board, I have never seen one there.

Teryble · Veteran Member

I know I have have more than one of these on the date too!
This is the only I can find at the moment. Of course to me it almost looks doubled Laughing

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cnladue · Veteran Member

these are both 55D's

Dick · Expert Member

Carol. I have several rolls of that kind of chips. Anywhere from just one "plug", to several in the date, AND liberty at the same time. I'll run thru a few of the, and post the a bit later. I'm in the middle of an inventory of y Canadian coins.
Dick