A few cool coins from my "Oddball / Keeper" box
seanq
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Tonight I dug out a single-row box of 2x2s that I had labeled "Oddball / Keeper." The box dates back to when I first started collecting clipped planchets, it is where I put anything I thought was especially cool. It is also where I stashed damaged coins that had fooled me at the time of purchase. It has been years since I've looked through it, so while I was looking for a coin to photograph for another thread, I set aside a few other neat items to share here.
191(9) cent with a large ragged clip, two curved clips, and at least one disc clip. There may be another small disc clip overlapping the top of the largest curved clip.
Undated off center on a ragged clipped zinc planchet. Ragged clips are very scarce on zinc cents, this is the only one I've ever seen with an off center strike.
(198)4 cent struck way off center on a straight clipped planchet, just the 4 of the date is struck.
Two almost identical off center strikes on double clipped planchets, one copper and one zinc.
Finally, here are a few cents with both straight and curved clipped planchets, the last coin dated 1978 has them overlapping.
Sean Reynolds
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Fun stuff. 👍
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Very nice. Always nice to see "REAL" mint errors. And we came see them without a scanning electron microscope, imagine that. Thanks for posting! 👍🏻
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Seanq's date/mm collection of clipped Lincoln's is one of my all-time favorite set's.
A cool thing to go thru, I like 👍
Very nice... Classic errors and you keep them in an "oddball/keeper" box?? Many collectors would consider them far more than 'oddball'. Cheers, RickO
Great idea.
Just was wondering about a couple boxes I have of one offs or coins I started collecting and stopped. Odds and ends. Thanks for sharing, I believe that is something we can use around here. 👍🏼
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Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Sean here is a 2022 clipped cent for your complete set if you haven’t located one yet.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1284697/Mint-Error-2022-Lincoln-Cent-Minor-Clip-500-NGC-MS-66-RD