What kind of error?

What kind of error is a coin with a letter filled in say the "B" in liberty is filled in completely with metal? Or for example the "9" in 1919 is filled in completely on a wheat penny from 1919? Are these the same type of error? Are they worth anything?

 

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It's caused by the die chipping away and leaving that void in the die. Worth anything? At least one cent. Some have more value to some. Check e-bay there's loads of them there.

 

more likely a greased die.

still one cent, or by Coin Talk rules:


$1,000,000

 

Or a die chip if the filled in part of the device is raised. Greasers will be flat, almost to the level of the field.

 

What the OP described is a chipped die, not a grease-filled die. A greased-filled die would caused a raised device to be struck incomplete, not with extra metal.

 

Yes the part that is filled in is raised like a blob of metal. Thanks for the quick answers

 

Try to imagine that you're looking at the face of a die. The recessed parts of the devices create the raised areas of the coin. The center of any letter or number is created by a small post of metal on the die. If this post breaks away, the metal would flow into the void, thus filling the center of the letter or number.

Chris