Couple Indian Error Questions

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,749 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 10, 2012 11:40AM

  The clip appears to be authentic, possibly an end of strip straight clip.
  

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• seanq Posts: 8,733 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 10, 2012 11:46AM

  The 1908 is definitely a genuine Mint error, it appears to be an end-of-strip clip. This is a straight clip which is believed to come from either the leading or trailing edge of the planchet strip. It is characterized by a sharply tapered edge, the rim along the edge has close to a 45-degree angle.
  
  I can't see if there is anything beyond light corrosion going on around the date of the 1874, if you can get a slightly larger photo and click your heels three times, Rick Snow himself might wander into the thread to give you a better opinion.
  
  
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• seanq Posts: 8,733 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 10, 2012 11:46AM

  
  
  << <i>The clip appears to be authentic, possibly an end of strip straight clip. >>
  
  
  
  
  ... or, you know, what he said.
  
  
  Sean Reynolds

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• MedalCollector Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 10, 2012 11:47AM

  I agree, the clip looks real, although a little strange imo. The blakesley effect is present and there is weakness around the clip itself.

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• MedalCollector Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 10, 2012 11:48AM

  
  You're quick.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,749 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 10, 2012 1:30PM

  
  
  << <i>I agree, the clip looks real, although a little strange imo. The blakesley effect is present and there is weakness around the clip itself. >>
  
  
  
  It is believed that most if not all planchet strips back then were tapered at the ends to make it easier to feed them into rollers. Therefore, if you punch a blank from an end and overlap the straight end itself, you also get some of the tapered thin area leading down to the end.
  
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• Iampoorman2 Posts: 207 ✭

  January 10, 2012 7:40PM

  Thanks for all the replies. The 1908 looks like it has a minor clip at the bottom too. Not really any metal missing, but the denticles are very weak, or not there. Don't know if I can do any better on the lighting for the 1874. It's a fairly dark coin. I just wanted to see if anyone else is seeing what I see.

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• Tdec1000 Posts: 3,852 ✭✭✭

  January 10, 2012 9:39PM

  
  
  << <i>Thanks for all the replies. The 1908 looks like it has a minor clip at the bottom too. Not really any metal missing, but the denticles are very weak, or not there. Don't know if I can do any better on the lighting for the 1874. It's a fairly dark coin. I just wanted to see if anyone else is seeing what I see. >>
  
  
  
  What you are seeing is the Blakesley effect.

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• frnklnlvr Posts: 2,750 ✭

  January 10, 2012 9:43PM

  
  
  << <i>The 1908 looks like it has a minor clip at the bottom too. Not really any metal missing, but the denticles are very weak, or not there. >>
  
  
  
  Definitely a genuine clip, IMO. The area your referring to across from the clip is called a Blakesley effect. This is caused due to the absence of pressure during the upset milling process.
  
  Here are a couple "straight clips" of mine...
  
  
  
  

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