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Valued Member
United States
272 Posts |
watching this one at auction right now posting it for opinions because I want it in my collection bad even without the date. Does it look legitimate. Is it struck off center with clipping or off center on the clipping or what exactly besides it's a train wreck.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm far from an expert, but I wouldn't buy this. It looks too good to be true in my opinion. I've never seen a clip that huge, and it's weirdly shaped to me.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8939 Posts |
Double ragged clip struck off center IMO
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Valued Member
 United States
272 Posts |
While I felt the same way as quarterhoarder about this one in that it appears larger than a cent. I in the same way trust grapecollects opinions along with a few others on here who have proven their skills exceptional. I am also no expert and didn't even realise ragged clips were possible.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
751 Posts |
Is the irregular radius of the clip normal ?
Dan
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3003 Posts |
hello muddyknuckles,
can we get a picture of this and a normal cent?
Also, a picture of the edges?
Thanks
EDIT: Also, a picture of the area above UNITED. Looks like something on that side.
Edited by levelsofmadnes
12/13/2019 1:20 pm
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Valued Member
United States
272 Posts |
Still sitting at auction for a few days yet hopeful to win it cheap if I do I will upload plenty pictures. Needing any opinions based off the sellers pictures I posted.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
The strike can make the curved clips irregular. Anyone notice that this is a blank and not a planchet. It would fit in the setup process. Probably got kicked through.  Looks like this one started the setup, but probably got kicked through the setup machine. |
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 United States
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@mk, if this is your thing (and based on your posts, it seems like it is), then I might take a flier on this and bid.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't see any reason to think this is a fake, but use due caution. It seems that clipped planchets can cause off-center errors because they interfere with the feeder fingers. The odd shape of the large clip isn't a perfect curve, but that's true of a lot of large clips. The shape of this coin looks like it's a triple clip, just short of being a bow tie strike.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2739 Posts |
I see no reason to question the authenticity of this off-center strike on a double-clipped planchet.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Valued Member
United States
261 Posts |
Awesome coin. I'd bid on it.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thank you everyone who has weighted in special thanks to spence and coop. Yes I love me some errors especially if the price is right I did notice that it didn't seem to have any raised edges. Here for the knowledge as are most people again had no idea ragged clips were even possible. hopeful it doesn't go too high very grateful for the coin family on this site. Amazing even Mr. Diamond has weighed in on this cent.
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