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nice clipped Lincoln

JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
What a nice surprise this morning while I was looking through one of my penny jars I have had for a million years.
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Some coins are just plain "Interesting"

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  • What do you suppose those huge rim nicks are from?
    Stacy

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  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice clean cut.image
    Larry

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is that doubling on IGWT?

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry



  • << <i>What do you suppose those huge rim nicks are from? >>




    Vice Grips??


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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice clipped Lincoln

    clipped, like with clippers?

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It doesn't look like true doubling Baley. There are a lot of contact marks on this circulated piece and I think that is what is showing. I do think this is a real clipped coin and not a post minted clip. The Blakesley(sp?) effect is in the right place.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,733 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's definitely a real clip. The marks on the rim are just damage. 1944 is probably the most common year for clips in the Lincoln series, with 1972 being a close second. Even so, I've not encountered many of that size on the date. Nice find.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the input Sean.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"

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