is there an area to chat about errors?

I had a suspicion that you were fluent in another language. If you have any questions that you are having trouble translating, yo hablo espa~ol tambien y puedo ayudarte.

BIE error is a die chip between the B and E on LIBERTY.
Die chip - A small fragment broken off from a coinage die; metal flowing into the resulting hole during striking results in a small raised lump on the surface of the coin

Here is an example out of my collection:

 

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Yeah I do know of the error but did not know what it's from, so its a die chip that's on a die then it 's struck on to the coin that are BIE's. I have seen other years I think and if so, How can that be? A chip on to a die is so random I mean its possible. It is hard to believe and I also read here in another post that its caused from a cracked die, now that's a little more believable.
Please if you can provide where you have read the information you have provided, is it on a site or heard it in a discussion? if you cant its fine lets talk about I think they are called Dropped numbers or letters? please correct me with correct term. They are a single number or letter from opposite side of the coin?

 

Metal chips fell off of the die and left a hole where the "I" shows on the BIE. Die chips happen more often than you'd think as the metal is slamming down at extremely high pressure and speed.

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But in the exact same spot making it a BIE. I think I have seen it for different years but I don't know that would be hard to believe especially for more than two or three different years. If you think about it if the chip where to land on to the die in that same exact spot for some reason, wouldn't it be in and around the same area on other coins besides the Cent?

 

It's not the die chip landing on the die, it's the die chip falling off of the die itself. the die is actually made in reverse of the coin, so the numbers that stick up are actually indents on the die. The die chip is because the die chipped between the B and the E in LIBERTY and the piece fell off leaving a hole in the die. The hole in the die becomes a raised area on the coin.

 

Ok thank you I need to read more carefully I see now how it can be. So are other die chips on other coins mostly found in the same spot example say you find a dime with a die chip would you find it on another dime in the same spot? I know it would be different shape and size no way it could be the exact or is there? You know what I think I could answer my own questions about the BIE's. Lets try another errors, I have seen dimes stamped on nickels and others stamped on others are those real?

 

BIE die chip errors are most commonly known on Lincoln Wheat Cents. Almost all coins have had a die chip here and there, as die chips are more common. Most don't add any extra value.
Yes, there have been coins stamped on other planchets and metals. Some are honest mistakes at the mint where one planchet falls into the others and gets stamped. I believe, however, that a good number of these major errors are intentional errors by mint employees. Just my opinion of course, but if I were a mint worker, I would like to believe that I could keep my nickel and cent planchets separate.

 

Thank you for that, if they did do it intentionally don't you think they did do it to keep it. there has to be some things in these errors that are done on purpose no doubt in my mind, I also think that the designer of the state quarters cause there is a lot of artwork on those quarters now a days. I have been wanting to post a state quarter that has a curse word on it (---- you) but I know it could be just me and I probably get in trouble for it so that's why I haven't posted it. To me it shows clearly both of those two words side by side, every time I get that quarter its the first thing I see now lol.

 

I haven't looked , but are there any silver eagle errors , I should be looking for ?

 

rare curved clip mint error is found on a 2015 American Silver Eagle

 

"A small fragment broken off from a coinage die; metal flowing into the resulting hole during striking results in a small raised lump on the surface of the coin. >>>"

 

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As for the BIE die chips, similar chips occur in other series as well. The reason that you often see the chip or break in the same spot is because of the obverse and reverse design.

As dies are worked in the press, they deteriorate over time. They often form die chips in the same spot because the force in that particular spot is different than the forces experienced by the other devices of the design. It is simply an anomaly of the coin's design.

In the Indian Cent series, die chips on the 8th feather tip are very common, especially in 1899. The 'goatee' die chips of 1903 and 1907 are more rare, but Liberty's chin area is a common spot for die failure (See 1901 ODD-001 and 1901 CRK-001 and CRK-002).

Another common spot for a die chip in the IHC series is in the center of the reverse die. See the reverse die dots of 1864, 1898, and 1883. The reason we know these dots are die deterioration is because I have more than one die state for each. At one point, these dies did not have the dot - but then it gradually started to form and became larger and larger. Until more recently, we were not sure if these die dots were put there by the engraver on purpose, perhaps to catch a thief like they did in 1875. But now we know its just deterioration.

For instance, I have 8 of the 1903 goatee varieties, each in a different die state. It reveals the complete progression of the chip from virtually non-existent to reaching far into the field.

I should note here, I define a die chip as something that arises due to deterioration, not man-made damage. It is something that develops over time in the press.

Die lines and gouges, however, are typically defined as damage sustained by the die during the die making process.

 

Thank you guys for the need to know information.