Possible Clip 1997 Nickel

Some will call this a little much, but I like to call these coins struck on an incomplete planchet.

Calling them "clips" is OK but it gives some people the idea that the "clip" somehow happens after the coin is struck when in actuality, the metal is removed during the process of cutting the blank from the metal strip.

Anyway....the picture of the edge also shows it is one of these errors no matter what you want to call it.

When the blanks are cut from the metal strip, the strip is only partially cut into. So the edge should show a cut area and a rough area. The roughness is the part of the blank that actually breaks out of the metal strip when the blanks are cut.

The other little marks are probably just minor rim dings that occurred as the coin circulated.

Have Fun,
Bill

We are used to calling them "clips' and there are some well respected experts that feel that using terminoly like "struck on an incomplete planchet" is overly cumbersome. In reality, there are times when I agree with them:-) It's a mouthful. For me though, it more accurately describes the coin.

There are coins that break apart after they are struck and such a coin can resemble a coin struck on an incomplete planchet, for example.

I can separate the two error types more accurately by using this terminology.


Bill