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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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recently found this 25 cent clipped with some other coins I had stashed away to look at in the winter. Now, soon it is spring. crocuses are sticking their heads up. I have absolutely NO idea about clipped coins. please help. what is it worth, what grade do you think it is? should it be graded? Thanks guys.      |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1505 Posts |
Thanks,
but mine is double clipped. Does it make a difference?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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When I click that link the first one that comes up is a 2006 double clip for $109. That price may be a little high but your coin is in far better condition and has nicer clips. Yours is a small denticle.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I would think there would be a premium for the number of clips on a coin. I'm not a pro grader, but would say yours would be MS63 at least, maybe 64. Another thing to consider is the type of clip. Curved clips may bring a bit more than a straight clip. Also the degree of how much of the coin that is removed could be factored in. Just my opinion.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I did a search for double clip quarter - SOLD - listings, unfortunately, only U.S. quarters came up.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I agree, the more clips and the % of what is clipped make up the value, along with the condition of the coin, probably north of $100 closer to $200 is my guess
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like post mint damage. The clip doesn't match the size of the planchet, the denticles are deformed, and the coin is bent.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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The denticles (and the edge reeds, for that matter) likely only appear deformed because the Blakesley effect from one clip ends up right next to the other.
I do have some suspicions about the second clip (never seen a Blakesley effect that looked like that), but the clip near the date looks real enough to me, and I see no reason why one clip would be real but not the other. Most likely any of the weird effects are just due to the clips' interaction with each other.
Not that I'm anything remotely resembling an expert, obviously.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thanks so far guys, I can assure you that the coin is not bent. as for close up images with a macro lens, minute differences can show up because of the focus issue. either on one with details or the other. if you want both dead on, a 1000$+ lens is needed. And that coin is not worth it as I am not collecting clipped coins. The suggestion of PMD is interesting but is not realistic. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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To your comment I believe you are correct with the distortion, looking at the edge image again, you can see there is a slight angle to the coin (upward) and the right rim is closer to the camera, and "appears" to be slightly higher
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 Canada
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I have two triple clipped 25c coins, mint state grades, in PCGS error holders, that I put out at coin shows for $125 each (and they have not sold, yet, note that $75 of that is the PCGS grading). Raw, your coin is worth about $40, assuming a MS-63 grade or so, PCGS graded, it would be worth about $100... PCGS graded and MS-65 or higher grade, then you might get $150 for it...
For it to be worth more than $100 as a raw error coin, the clip sizes would have to be considerably larger...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That's a really neat error...
SPP... any idea how that happened?
47P7 nice coin.. and great photos!
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Forum Kid
Canada
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yes PMD in my opinion, because the coin is bent... detaches look legit though. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm not a pro, but it just doesn't look right to me.
SPP....does it look legit to you?
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Posted 01/22/2015 12:31 pm
