Zero percent clip on a 1967 10c

jonathanb

This is the opposite end of the spectrum from the 40% clips that I just posted. Did you think the message title was a joke? It isn't. This is truly a zero percent clip. The only ways you can tell that something's going on are the weak Blakesley effect (on the reverse, at 10:00) and most importantly the inversion of the clad layers on the edge. Inversion of clad layers is not well known as a diagnostic of clips. For that matter, it's not a terribly useful diagnostic either, since it rarely comes into play. But for very small clips like this one, it's definitive.

EXOJUNKIE

This type of clip is commonly referred to as a "disc clip." As defined on CONECA's website:

"These incomplete planchets are sometimes called “rim clips” because they are so small that only the rim is affected. Often the rim is fully upset and the resultant coin shows very little missing metal. Clad planchets show a reversal of the clad layer on the edge. Technically, the term “disc clip” is reserved for clad coinage and the term “rim clip” is used for non-clad coinage. In practical usage they are synonyms."

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Shamika

Interesting.

oreville

Indeed very interesting.

astrorat

I picked up an 1875-CC double dime with a rim clip not noted on the holder. NGC apparently didn't think it was an error (neither did the submitter). I talked with a PCGS error person and they didn't think it would be an error also, so I left it in the original holder.

I bought it from an error collector who had not seen one before. He cherried it from a dealer's inventory years ago and sold it when he sold the bulk of his clip collection. I was thrilled to pick it up and have never regretted it. It was the first of two double dime clips I have been able to purchase.

It doesn't look to be a "0%" clip, but pretty close.




The other other raw example is below ... also darn close to "0%."

Justlooking

It can't really be zero, can it? Maybe 0.50 percent?

ebaybuyer

can anyone explain why some clips show the blakesly effect while others do not ?

seanq

I consider coins like astrorat's first double dime to be "ragged rim clips" and welcome them in my collection. The collector who found and sold that coin was a mentor to me and he had an amazing knack for finding those on all sorts of coins, I remember a few classic commend in his collection with a similar look.


Sean Reynolds