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arthrene Pillar of the Community United States 1713 Posts	Posted 03/04/2008 06:54 am Saw this on ebay and wondered is someone could explain an elliptical clip to me. http://cgi.ebay.com/Error-Coin-Elli...er_W0QQitemZ 310026934716QQihZ021QQcategoryZ524QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Report this Post to the Staff

MorgansRmine Pillar of the Community United States 1219 Posts	Posted 03/04/2008 08:39 am This refers to the shape of the coin after being clipped. Oblong with rounded ends. Report this Post to the Staff
arthrene Pillar of the Community United States 1713 Posts	Posted 03/04/2008 6:35 pm Is the coin in the ebay link an elliptical clip then? Doesn't look very elliptical to me. Report this Post to the Staff
MorgansRmine Pillar of the Community United States 1219 Posts	Posted 03/05/2008 08:07 am Yes, the clip starts on top between the I and P. Continues left, as you look at the coin, around the flower and off the rim by leaf cluster. Thus leaving the coin out of round. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 03/05/2008 10:46 am Stuff like that scares me. Could well be done by someone and be post Mint. Way to easy to make those. I might be wrong but I think I could make those with my bench grinder. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 03/05/2008 11:53 am quote: I might be wrong but I think I could make those with my bench grinder. You might be able to make one that would fool some people, but you could never replicate the flow lines or the geometry of the clips that authenticates it. However, those pics are very small and it is impossible to even see the proper markers. Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 03/07/2008 9:52 pm OK, I have been told that an elliptical clip is the result of a planchet error. Think of a football shape when you think of an elliptical clip. I understand that when blank planchets are punched from the sheets of coin metal and the process is stopped and then restarted, the alignment of the row of planchets might be punched to produce a football shaped planchet. Think of a cookie cutter on the rolled out dough. If you have a round cookie cutter, you can cut the cookie two times but not right on the second time and the result would be an elliptical shape. Then the planchet gets past the watchful eyes of the wide awake operator and onto the dies with the design and then it gets past there without being caught and into the big mint bags it goes. As my sig says tho .... Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 03/08/2008 3:27 pm wheezydog has it right and the coin that was for sale was a genuine elliptical shaped, incomplete planchet error. Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24148 Posts	Posted 03/08/2008 6:16 pm So then technically it's not a clip right? Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 03/08/2008 8:49 pm It is because what was there and struck into a coin is the remainder of what was clipped away during the planchet making process. That's why the better terminology would be a coin struck on an elliptical, incomplete planchet. Edited by foundinrolls 03/08/2008 8:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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