This coin would have been clipped from the end of the sheet (Ragged end clip). Arc-shaped clips occur when the coin is punched OVER an already punched area. The coin looks real.
-Ben T. * Collector of Errors! * Proud member of the CUFYNA
I've never heard of a "clipped" coin... So I guess a coin that is clipped and has been dipped and sold immediately after purchasing it for way more than it's worth, would be considered a clipped dipped flipped ripped coin.
I have a bid in on that coin, so I guess that means I think it's genuine too. Because it was struck partially out of the collar some of the diagnostic metal flow at the edge of the clip is missing.
Sean Reynolds
Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.
"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
An incomplete planchet and a clipped coin are two totally different things.
An incomplete planchet is a planchet with part of the metal missing because the punch that cut the planchet overlaped either the end of the strip (straight clip), the edge of the strip (straight and sometimes ragged clip), or a previously punched area (curved clip). In this case the metal was missing before the coin is struck.
A clipped coin is a coin that has had part of its edges trimmed off, or clipped, in order to steal a little bit of gold or silver from the coins. Trying to make coins as round as possible and lettered or milled edges for the coins were efforts made to prevent clipping. Mideval coins often have scripture quotes for the outer legends because it was thought that people would be less likely to "deface the Word of God".
<< <i>A clipped coin is a coin that has had part of its edges trimmed off, or clipped, in order to steal a little bit of gold or silver from the coins. Trying to make coins as round as possible and lettered or milled edges for the coins were efforts made to prevent clipping. Mideval coins often have scripture quotes for the outer legends because it was thought that people would be less likely to "deface the Word of God". >>
AHHH how true that is. Some years back a friend of mine that worked in a tool and die plant explained how many of them used to cut small edges off virtually thousands of coins for the Silver, Copper, Nickel, etc. Sounds like trivial stuff but if you do it for an hour a day with thousands of coins you get free valuable metal. Then there was always the challenge of just how much can you cut off and still have it pass the machines at a bank.
You really shouldn't talk about things that you know nothing about. Please explain in your all knowing wisdom, how clips can be easily faked? What are the signs of a genuine clip over a fake? Come on ..........
<< <i>Anyone have or seen a coin that has more than two kinds of clips? >>
You mean like these?
Sean Reynolds
Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.
"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
No. More than two kinds like curved and straight and incomplete clips on the same coin. Or something else like ragged and curved and assay. or something else.
Coin Collector, Chicken Owner, Licensed Tax Preparer & Insurance Broker/Agent. San Diego, CA
<< <i>Is there a term "assay clip" ? whare a small bite is removed from the silver strip to check purity. >>
Yes, assay clips are seldom seen but result when the blank punched out overlaps where a small square piece has been cut from the strip for assay purposes. The missing portion normally has straight edges and a sharp corner.
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Yep, there are some ragged edge clips. And that one does seem to be one.
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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
San Diego, CA
An incomplete planchet is a planchet with part of the metal missing because the punch that cut the planchet overlaped either the end of the strip (straight clip), the edge of the strip (straight and sometimes ragged clip), or a previously punched area (curved clip). In this case the metal was missing before the coin is struck.
A clipped coin is a coin that has had part of its edges trimmed off, or clipped, in order to steal a little bit of gold or silver from the coins. Trying to make coins as round as possible and lettered or milled edges for the coins were efforts made to prevent clipping. Mideval coins often have scripture quotes for the outer legends because it was thought that people would be less likely to "deface the Word of God".
<< <i>A clipped coin is a coin that has had part of its edges trimmed off, or clipped, in order to steal a little bit of gold or silver from the coins. Trying to make coins as round as possible and lettered or milled edges for the coins were efforts made to prevent clipping. Mideval coins often have scripture quotes for the outer legends because it was thought that people would be less likely to "deface the Word of God". >>
AHHH how true that is. Some years back a friend of mine that worked in a tool and die plant explained how many of them used to cut small edges off virtually thousands of coins for the Silver, Copper, Nickel, etc. Sounds like trivial stuff but if you do it for an hour a day with thousands of coins you get free valuable metal. Then there was always the challenge of just how much can you cut off and still have it pass the machines at a bank.
San Diego, CA
<< <i>Clipped coins are too easy to fake IMO >>
You really shouldn't talk about things that you know nothing about. Please explain in your all knowing wisdom, how clips can be easily faked? What are the signs of a genuine clip over a fake? Come on ..........
<< <i>Clipped coins are too easy to fake IMO >>
Only for the uneducated dufuss's.
and they're cold.
I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
Mary
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<< <i>Anyone have or seen a coin that has more than two kinds of clips? >>
You mean like these?
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
No. More than two kinds like curved and straight and incomplete clips on the same coin. Or something else like ragged and curved and assay. or something else.
San Diego, CA
and they're cold.
I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
Mary
Best Franklin Website
<< <i>Is there a term "assay clip" ? whare a small bite is removed from the silver strip to check purity. >>
Yes, assay clips are seldom seen but result when the blank punched out overlaps where a small square piece has been cut from the strip for assay purposes. The missing portion normally has straight edges and a sharp corner.