1957 BIE

I seem to run across these quite often but this is my first wheat cent like this.

 

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It's an "associated die break"
by the BIE Handbook definition.
Although some collectors just
called them "connectors." The
use of "connectors" probably
came about because of a) the
maniacal nature of the Guild's
classification system and b)
Jean Cohens book which
classified breaks and cracks
from the date to the mintmark
as a "connect."