1991 Penny Is This A Clip From The Mint

Just a badly corroded zincoin.
Not even close to a clip. Soon it will be nothing but zinc dust.

That Post Minting Damage ( PMD)...just rotted away.

KK

good bye, dust in the wind

Not a clip coming from the mint, but here is some further reading you can do about clips to look for in the future https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/...error-coins/

There are ragged clips however that are possible from the mint:

I'll say this is not a ragged clip because in one area only side of the rim is intact and well struck on the reverse side at K2 to K3 and the obverse is rotted away.

Finally, it ought to be pointed out that "the Mint" doesn't make zinc penny blanks. These are subcontracted out to a private corporation, a zinc refinery in Greeneville, Tennessee. The company makes the zinc sheets, stamps out the blanks, rims them to turn them into planchets, and electroplates them, so they can be shipped to the various Mint branches and fed directly into the coining presses with no treatment from the Mint required.

Because the plating process is done after the punching-out of the blank, if any clips or bitten rims occur with a zincoln, the plating will extend to include the inside of the clip or bite. So if you see a coin like this, where most of the coin is plated just fine but the "clip" is not, then it's safe to assume it's post-mint damage, not a clip.