Because it wasn't a die chip...? Not sure if you are serious or messing around.
It does look like clue to me. Especially the bottom part, which is why I recommended a dip in acetone.
The "brass" cents are usually just from being in the copper plating bath that has been diluted with zinc if I'm not mistaken. I don't believe...
Your pictures are blurry but I can see enough to to say that it isn't a DD. Perhaps like ken said, it is MD or die deterioration doubling.
Kinda what I was thinkin ;)
Acid
+2 :)
$1k bag of dimes: 59d Roosie A busted safety pin Fortune from a fortune cookie: "A tamed mind brings happiness" Blah
Try soaking it in acetone.
Are you sure it's a small date? It doesn't look like one to me. http://www.lincolncentforum.com/small-dates-vs-large-dates/
1 cent.
$2k halves: 1-1964 Ken 2-Proofs 8-NIFC
That's a close AM. http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Featured/1996WideAM.html
$207.50 cents: 86 Wheats(oldest 1916) 1999S Proof. It is so dull I almost didn't realize it was a proof.
Looks as though it was encased. Also, pictures > video. :)
Yup, I see the seam.
+1
$1k bag of dimes: 4 Roosies(52, 57, 62dx2)
This is from: http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-h/ Hornet’s Nest: A colloquial term used to describe a large die chip or interior...
So...what colonial coin die/planchet/whatever did this come from?
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