These are all from the same bag. Are they die pairs, I do have other evidence, I just wanted the community to look them over and see if they have any commonalities and maybe a die pairing. Does anyone know how many presses feed a ballistic bag? The dies are misaligned in different positions and each have slightly different characteristics. All of them have the same early mid die state obv. The hives look a bit different. Have a look, I have a few others that could be later die stages.
There is a Die Break forming between the columns. You can see the pattern on all 3 Cents. Over time they progress into a larger die break. Some call it Beehive but I like to call it a Hornets Nest. I have several. Here are 3 examples from my collection..
"Hornet's nest" does avoid confusion with the rare and very expensive Mormon "beehive" gold coins, which were the only beehives I'd heard of in a numismatic context. But thanks for the explanation. I can see now why someone would call that blob a beehive or hornet's nest.
Nice finds on the die breaks. It impossible to know how many presses were running at the time. It could be one, five or more. The mint presses run as they need them to and they all feed into one bin before going into a.ballistic bag.
Ballistic bags you say. Too bad they're not spill proof. Just like those dimes in TX. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372120981112
