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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 3728515, member: 106826&quot;]In the 50&#039;s, dies were often used to their exhaustion.&nbsp; What you are looking at is a business strike with a damaged die (chip/break between the numbers).&nbsp; This occurred quite often, so there isn&#039;t a real premium for your specimen.&nbsp; However, there are a number of folks who collect key breaks (e.g., BIE cents) and &#039;cracked sculls&#039;.&nbsp; If you find a cent with a rim-to-rim die break, then you&#039;ll find a premium.&nbsp; Some of the more notable breaks/chips/cracks have been attributed, so those are the more desirable damaged tools/strikes to collect.&nbsp; 1922 was perhaps the most interesting of overused/damaged tools.&nbsp; Late stage dies became so over polished and filled that the &#039;D&#039; on the minted coins vanished giving the appearance that some of the cents were minted in Philly (all cents were minted in Denver in that year).&nbsp; That might be the most sought die wear coin out there, along with the 1937 D 3-Legged Buffalo nickel.&nbsp; But there are other interesting, yet less valuable/notable die wear specimens like the 1955 Poorman&#039;s Doubleddie.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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