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Ragged End Clip

gmarguligmarguli Posts: 2,225 ✭✭
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I just got a coin (1943-S 5¢) back from PCGS with this on the label (2% Ragged End Clip). What exactly is a ragged end clip?

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  • gemseekergemseeker Posts: 276 ✭
    Never heard of that term used before. Not sure if it refers to the coin or the holder? Is the edge smooth?
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    For the Morgan collectors - The Morgan and Peace encyclopedia by Van Allen and Mallis

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  • gmarguligmarguli Posts: 2,225 ✭✭
    The coin has a jagged clip in it. It almost looks like an incomplete clip. The coin is actually round, but slightly deformed at the area of the clip.

    I never heard this term either. They slabbed it as a mint error and graded it MS66.
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    I guess you know what a curved clip & a straight clip is. It's basicaly the same thing. The ragged end clip came off the very end of the coil. When the coil was proper length coming out of the rolling machine it was sheared off leaving a ragged end. Sometimes if the machinery jamed the coil was cut with a torch or saw to remove it and this can make ragged clips too if the gang punches punch out these areas.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.

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