1973 Mountie Quarter Clipped Planchet

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SilverDon Pillar of the Community Canada 2360 Posts	Posted 07/27/2016 12:28 pm My first clipped coin. It looks like the clip has a medial line where two cuts come together at an angle. Are the planchets cut from the bottom and top at the same time in the planchet punching process? See last picture. Edited by SilverDon 07/27/2016 1:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 07/27/2016 2:33 pm I imagine there is both a cutting, and a shearing effect imparted on the planchet. CCF's own Scissel has a nice 'round the clock' set of 1973 clipped 25c. He made an animated GIF file of it once - but I cannot find the file. "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
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9874 Posts	Posted 07/27/2016 8:27 pm Nice one! Quote: Are the planchets cut from the bottom and top at the same time in the planchet punching process? Yes "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
Scissel Pillar of the Community Canada 693 Posts	Posted 07/28/2016 11:27 am Planchets are struck from one side to cut them out of a strip of metal. The cutting die goes about half way through the strip and shears the rest of the way. So, looking at the edge of a clip, one side will be shiny (the cut side), and one side will appear more rough (the sheared side). Nice clip! Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDon Pillar of the Community Canada 2360 Posts	Posted 07/28/2016 6:10 pm Thanks very kindly for the replies, saw the edge and noted the shiny and dark. Very cool, liking this clipped coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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