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My father-in-law had an almost completely full Whitman album of Lincoln cents from 1941 through 1970. I took a closer look at it this week and spotted this 1966 cent with a clipped planchet. When I took these pictures and uploaded them to the computer, I realized that there is actually a second, very small clip, at the bottom of the obverse and above the ES of STATES on the reverse.   I've looked up some information on clipped planchets, and I think this one exhibits the correct characteristics to be genuine and not a fake. Does anyone see any reason to think otherwise? - Sam |
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Hi Sawmill
From the pics the coin looks authentic to me !
Nice find !!
Metalman
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Ok guys I new to this. I can see a coin that has something added to it. But when you take away something, like, I could have done the same thing in the shop that this coin has, so what separates it from real to something else.
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Here is an article that explains it very well. If you are like me and do not want to read the whole thing now, it has some great photos showing what to look for. Hope this helps, Michael
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The images don't show it - and my photographic/scanning abilities aren't good enough to try, but when I inspect the coin with a loupe I don't see any sign that a saw or shears were used on the coin. In fact it looks a lot like the pictures in the article peachymargarita posted a link to. On the side of the coin opposite the big clip, I can see some weakness in the rim. It shows up as a change in the wear pattern. The letters UNIT, which are partially clipped off, show some of the metal flow that characterizes a clipped planchet and that wouldn't be present if the clipped area were removed after the coin was struck.
- Sam
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I think you got the real deal then. Good job!  Michael |
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Peachy, very cool. If you look at the reverse of the lincoln in question, you can easily see the opposite rim being affected as stated in the article. Don't see it as good on the obverse though. Thanks for the link. I need to check out the other links as well.
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As always ................good info. Thanks guys!!!
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Posted 02/24/2007 3:14 pm
