The Clipped Planchet Error Coin Thread
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Clipped planchets can create some very interesting errors.
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196X-D Lincoln Memorial cent double-struck on 15% straight clipped planchet. The 1st strike is 15% off-center, and the 2nd is 97% off-center.
Pretty rare for the type:
Here you go, I'll play....
But technically a Clipped Planchet? I always thought a planchet was a planchet before it became a coin. Asking for a friend. 🤣 😉
It's minor, but a tough find on gold:
DOG acolyte
I love the SBA$.
A rare curved and straight clip on the same planchet.
While on an AWESOME early 1990's Denver "Presidential Production Floor Tour" I learned their employees use "CUT OUT" instead our term "Clip"
I like Cut Out term better than Clip as it is official, direct from the Denver Mint production floor & better describes these errors involving missing metal before error blanks are gang punched out of coil.
Anyways, here's a couple Cut Outs from The Westward Journey 5c Series:
I assume that they certified that as a double clip rather than one clip plus a Blakesly Effect?
Mike,
You must have owned that coin for a long time, I remember it being pictured on your old web page explaining clipped planchet errors.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
Cap'n,
I have held that coin in hand, it is a single clip with a strong Blakesley effect. It may look stronger than usual because gold is a soft metal and you do not see many clips of that size on gold coins.
Sean Reynodls
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
I have had it for a long time. Probably purchased it in the 1980's. My records show that I paid $2 for it. It's one of my favorite coins.
This one is at our host getting slabbed at the moment. 1935 about 15% off center on a 15% straight clip (cut-out
) planchet.
I saw that coin when it was up for auction and wondered where it landed. Can you tell if it was on a type 1 or type 2 blank? Do you think it will straight grade?
There was another very nice ragged clipped 1917 dime that sold in the same group of auctions, did you acquire that one as well?
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
It appears to have some upset edge where there is no clip to interfere, so I think a type-2. I am hoping it will straight grade, there is a wheel mark across “E Pluribus Unum” on the reverse but it’s pretty small. I didn’t buy the 1917.
I believe it’s a type one blank – I see collar marks on both sides and some light damage too, but I believe it does not have an upset rim –
It was certified as a single clip at the 10 o'clock position. I trust the description given by @seanq above as he was kind enough to help facilitate getting the coin slabbed and sold to me.
DOG acolyte
I appreciate you commenting Fred. I'll have to look again when I get it back.
Couple Crescents
WWII Wheatie Crescent, not "Elliptical"
Elliptical
I yield to your expertise and the fact that you have had the peace in hand.
Is this a clipped planchet or a planchet clip?
From the Mike @Byers Archives:
Article: https://mikebyers.com/41941193.html
Agree 100%!
At what percentage is it considered not a clip but struck on scrap?
Good question. Clips and scrap are two different things. Clips are created by the gang punch, the piece of machinery that punches out blanks. Scrap are, for lack of a better description, loose and random pieces of metal.
@JBK Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Scrap and fragments are often confused.
I define fragments as an irregular shaped piece of planchet material, generally unidentifiable as a planchet in shape or size due to its mutilated or improperly made condition. It also cannot be identified as another error type as well (curved clip, straight clip, etc.)
In the past, a more specific definition I recently read from 1975, was that it was less than 1/4 the size of a normal planchet's weight.
Scrap has often been defined as coins struck on planchets that are 51% or less of their regular weight. I've never liked the term "scrap" and don't use it since it's pretty vague (like calling all types of clips simply "clip" instead of "straight, curved, crescent, etc.)
Scrap ? Not Scrap.
70% missing by weight Crescent
Very unusual coins. Makes me think this is what Cookie Monster's coin collection would look like. james
That sounds good to me. But I suspect there might not be an overwhelming concensus on the issue just yet.
Crescent 25c blank, again, not "Elliptical"
MS61 Crescent 25c Blank
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My most recent addition to my error Buffalo Nickel collection. A $22 eBay purchase. I couldn’t pass it up for the price.
It goes well with my 1916 Buffalo
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Wow! $22 is an amazing score!
Congrats on the coin! Both of them!
It is an elliptical strike clip. It is also considered ‘struck scrap’ but it is actually an elliptical strike clip.
I was asleep at the switch on the 1917. GREAT DEAL!