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1929 Buffalo Nickel Clipped Planchet

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This is another fun one. I was at a coin show several years ago, and was killing time talking with a dealer friend of mine over coffee. While I was talking, I was prowling through his junk box. This Buffalo was in there. It obviously was in the junk box because of the acid restored date. I pointed out the small clip, and my friend said "Awww, I don't bother with those weird coins. It's a junker to me." So I bought it for 15 cents.

Not much of a clip, but it's at least a nibble.




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I'm not so sure about that one, fortcollins.
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I'm thinking PMD. Doesn't look right to me.
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I've seen these before, and almost always on the Buffs. From what I understand, depending on the blanking equipment being used, they punched small holes on both ends of the sheets. Hooks advanced the sheets through the blanking presses. The punches sometimes caught one of the holes at the end of the sheets and left these nibbles. They aren't common, but they aren't rare either. They all seem to have these striations on the punch spots. That's why they have the sharp curve. If it is one of those clips, it would essentially be a bar clip or edge clip, rather than a true clipped planchet. By WWII, production numbers necessitated using the large coils of stock, and the blanking process changed significantly. I could well be wrong on this, but that's the explanation I've heard for them.
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Will another nickel placed into the "clip" fit perfectly? And the rest of the coin is so smoothly worn but clip area still shows lots of details.
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they punched small holes on both ends of the sheets...

fortcollins, could you find and post a picture of one of these clips? I looked online but had no luck.
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This one is a bit larger than any others I've seen, and it's also a later date than I've seen before, which does make it iffy. The mini-clips are at best a 1-2% clip, and about all that is noticeable is the lightly indented roughness on the edge. Let me see if I can hunt one down and post it. They sometimes can be found on that era of Lincoln Cents, too. I've never seen them on silver coins.
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I have never heard of that hole theory and would be interested in seeing other examples confirmed as such.

For this example here, there are sharp rims and metal flow that would suggest this happened post mint. Not a pre-strike event here in my opinion.
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This one may not be a clip then. It is different than the other nibble clips I've seen, and it's a good point that the sides are smooth.

Oh well, for 15 cents, at least I got a good cup of coffee and an hour of pestering an old friend. And a spendable nickel in change.

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Oh well, for 15 cents, at least I got a good cup of coffee and an hour of pestering an old friend. And a spendable nickel in change.
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My thought on it is that on a true clip, the inside rim should not be there. It should flow to the edge.
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