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1944-P War Nickel Clipped or PMD? Pics!

GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
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Just found this in a batch of war nickels I bought. Is it a real clip or PMD? I'm not going to say what I think until I hear an opinion or two from the experts.

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Microscope closeup of reverse lettering:

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GMan

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    commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,102 ✭✭✭
    Real deal.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,813 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Real---you can see the Blakesley effect.

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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    just a side note for my curiosity, did you take those images with one of those digi-scopes and not a camera?
    .

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep, as above posts note,
    it's a genuine clip.

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
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    GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭


    << <i>.
    just a side note for my curiosity, did you take those images with one of those digi-scopes and not a camera?
    . >>



    First 2 are with my Fuji 12mp Point and shoot. The last one is taken with the microscope we're talking about in the other thread.
    GMan
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    GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭


    << <i>Yep, as above posts note,
    it's a genuine clip. >>



    I thought it was too. Thanks guys for the replies. Next question, since I'm not an error guy, is there much value to this coin?
    GMan
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    seanqseanq Posts: 8,842 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very much genuine, worth in the neighborhood of $8-10, maybe a little less due to condition. Not exactly rare but neat, and you already know I like it. image


    Sean Reynolds
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    GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    Thanks Sean. I love finding neat things like this. Even though it may not be worth much, it's a nice addition to the keeper odds & ends box image
    GMan
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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seanq is right on again -
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,399 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Real clip all the way.

    Even I could tell that. image

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    GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    I was pretty sure it was real myself, but I just wanted to show off my new find a little image
    GMan
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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry to have to tell ya, but I just
    saw what looks like a nice AU
    1945-P Warnick, with a larger clip
    than yours, up on Ebay for $9 BIN.
    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,813 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Sorry to have to tell ya, but I just
    saw what looks like a nice AU
    1945-P Warnick, with a larger clip
    than yours, up on Ebay for $9 BIN. >>



    Did you buy it?image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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    GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭


    << <i>Sorry to have to tell ya, but I just
    saw what looks like a nice AU
    1945-P Warnick, with a larger clip
    than yours, up on Ebay for $9 BIN. >>



    Well there goes my vacation money image
    GMan
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,453 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice coin, i like
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    MercfanMercfan Posts: 701 ✭✭
    What a coincidence! I found one of these (a couple grades higher) in a small lot of odds and ends a couple weeks ago. It was the first war nickel clip I'd seen in hand, and I was wondering how common they are but hadn't gotten around to asking the Forum.

    I guess it wasn't uncommon for these to circulate quite a bit without being noticed and pulled as curiosities/collectibles.

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    "Coin collecting problem"? What "coin collecting problem"?
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    GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    That's cool Mercfan! I'd never seen one either and I'm quite happy to add it to my modest collection image
    GMan

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