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Valued Member
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Is it just me, but I dont see any clipping on this coin.
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@SD, while we are waiting for @coop to weigh in, could you please post a couple more close-up pics of the clipped area and the opposite area with the coin taken out of the 2x2?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Edge on shots.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Or sure about the clip or not ...
But I can't help myself .. from saying ...
Looks like a 1958 quarter ... title says 1959
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Rest in Peace
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Not a clip. But it is a mint error. Thinking a piece of the mechanism was in the way upon strike, but which piece? An untimed feeder? Or is it just a damaged collar since the rim is ill-formed on areas 180 degrees from each other. Will contact Mike Diamond.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a planchet defect, but I can't determine what kind.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To me it looks like an incomplete planchet. The smallest amount of clipped area as possible. Just enough left to show a small amount of reeded area. The obverse rim show the edge area that should be there. The reverse one looks a bit weaker than I would expect. But I would like to see the edges where the Blakesley affect is present. I can't tell if the obverse area is bent outward a bit or not. If it is, then that area may have been faked. But it still looks right so far to me. (just wanted to rule out fowl play on the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Valued Member
United States
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The reeding itself looks weird but that could just be the pictures. It's weird enough that I would have saved this one also :D
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Rest in Peace
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I think Coop is right. Not a contrived error but indeed an extreme edge straight clip. The material was not enough to completely fill into the collar and is reflected in the weird Blakesly effect on the opposite rim. One of the stranger ones for sure!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Interesting thread, learned a lot here.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is an error planchet that was incomplete when it was created.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thanks for all the contributions. Its as if the planchet was caught
by the cutting tool and spit out half way through the clip then struck.
The Blakesley was the kicker for me, seeing less metal was available.
I am a fan of silver clipped coins. Cheers, great responses.
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