198(2) Copper Elliptical Planchet-Not "Clipped"?

Dearborn: here is a blow-up
Cujohn: I saw that too; it would have to be an edge ding, as would the dot by the 8. If they are not dings, then they must be part of the obv. die?

You can't think of it as a regular clip. It came from the end or side of the roll of copper sheeting. Like a ragged clip.

Cujohn had it right.... it did pass through the upsetting mill, so it must have been cut from the strip punching-out all the other blanks. That part of the strip was very thin and did not have enough metal to fill the planchet cutter. Think that where the part of the rim that you can see was probably but not necessarily at the right or left end of the strip, the cutter punching what was remaining. What we see as "elliptical" is the rolled-out end of the strip

Thank you, Mike.

Thanks Mike - I had not thought of the blanks getting caught under the material and getting cut again. makes sense

This obviously passed through the Upsetting Mill, and would be a characterized as a Ty.2 planchet, thus making the rimmed side thicker, irrespective of the striking chamber movement?

Thanks, Mike. Always learning something... I would assume that it had passed through the Mill by default. I wasn't aware that an unmilled coin could produce a squared edge

Oldgrouchyguy commented, "I wasn't aware that an unmilled coin could produce a squared edge." Upsetting helps in formation of the design rim but is not always necessary. In the case of your elliptical clip blank, the force of the expanding blank is concentrated at the ends of the football, helping ensure the formation of a proper design rim. Also, because the elliptical blank is smaller than a circular blank, the force of the dies' impact is concentrated in a smaller area. The increased effective striking pressure also produces a well-formed design rim at the tips of the football.