A Couple For The Straight Clip Experts......

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Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 11:02 pm I picked up a set of clipped coins today. Three very nice regular clips, including a very high grade 1944. There were also two "straight" clips in the lot. I am not sure about either, though I feel better about the 1938. It has a ridge on the edge that looks to me like the edge of a roll of copper. no sign of machining. The 1983 has no obvious signs of machining. Neither has a particularly obvious Blakeley effect, though I understand straight clips don't always have them. Thoughts? 1938: 1983: Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 02/07/2014 12:24 am Neither are legit. Bring them to Coin Expo in May, and I can show you why... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
Alexer Pillar of the Community Canada 2632 Posts	Posted 02/07/2014 12:34 am SPP -Straight clips are the edge of the sheet and thats not the edge..is that it Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 02/07/2014 07:39 am The 'clips' are big enough to show the Blakesley Effect. I can't see evidence of that in these examples. Go to Google Images 'blakesley effect' for an idea. Report this Post to the Staff
Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 02/07/2014 08:58 am Disappointing but not surprising. I suspected that the 83 might have been hit with a cleaver-like device. I wasn't sure what to make of the 1938. Report this Post to the Staff
Alexer Pillar of the Community Canada 2632 Posts	Posted 02/07/2014 11:08 am No Blakesley mostly because they where garage made. The edge of a straight clip is to me the give away, the edge should not look clipped or sheared because its the edge of the metal being fed into the punches. IMHO. I'll never make it to the Coin Expo to hear what SPP-Ottawa has to say so I guess I'll just be in suspense. Report this Post to the Staff
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