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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Found this one recently in my stash of cents. I have several small barely clipped cents, but this seems almost too extreme. I held a regular coin in the cut out of this one, and to my amazement it fit! This one is in terrible condition.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think that this was made after it left the mint.
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Valued Member
Canada
128 Posts |
Post mint damage. Should be a Blakesley" effect and the cut is irregular.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21610 Posts |
Just look at the edge. Is it copper or zinc?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I'd say that's deliberate mischief.
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Moderator
 Canada
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Just look at the edge. Is it copper or zinc? This. Can you post a photo of the edge? Right now, I think it is the product of post-mint fun, based on the square cuts of the rims. "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Moderator
Canada
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Post mint damage. Should be a Blakesley" effect and the cut is irregular. A word of caution - on very large clips, this is not necessarily the best defining criteria. I always look to where the rims meet the clip, and the dovetailing of those rims into the clip. For very large clips, they can be highly irregular due to deformation in the upset mill (rimming machine). Straight clips can also have very subtle or absent Blakesley effects. Also, on other errors, the Blakesley is impossible to be there. One of the trickiest ones to identify, is when an incomplete clip comes apart during or after the strike. Examples:      "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Valued Member
Canada
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Wow those are wonderful.
But how come is the rim raise when the planchet is not large enough to fit tight between the upset dies.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6558 Posts |
What else is going on with this coin? ie: looks like something very hot.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2301 Posts |
As SPP stated and showed you must be careful with larger clips. Here is a triple clip which has upset mill damage.  Edited by nickelsguy
02/04/2020 6:57 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Thanks for all the comments. I knew it probably too good to be true. After finding the split planchet, that was a hard act to follow.
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Posted 02/04/2020 06:45 am
