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Title: Clipped Coin Yes or No
Post by: Goldseeker on March 27, 2014, 03:01:48 PM

Found this one today in a parcel of 1000 50c coins.

Question: Is it a clipped coin or not:

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10120/1976_Clipped_50c_Obv.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10120/1976_Clipped_50c_Rev.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10120/Closeup_1976_Clipped_50c_Obv.jpg)(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10120/Closeup_1976_Clipped_50c_rev.jpg)

Title: RE: Clipped Coin Yes or No
Post by: Steveqld on March 27, 2014, 03:40:49 PM

Could be clipped but I think it is more likely cut from the edge of the sheet. Nice find.

Title: RE: Clipped Coin Yes or No
Post by: Fulvio on March 27, 2014, 03:52:38 PM

Quote from: 'Steveqld' pid='44983' dateline='1395897049'Could be clipped but I think it is more likely cut from the edge of the sheet. Nice find.

Well, yeah, but that's still a clip, innit? :diablo:

Not only a nice find, but remarkably well spotted. I suspect most people would never have noticed it.

Title: RE: Clipped Coin Yes or No
Post by: purplepennyhunter on March 27, 2014, 04:14:08 PM

Yes it's real, looks to be end/edge of bar. You can see ramping of the metal at the base of the lettering and is that a little fishtail on the L.

Title: RE: Clipped Coin Yes or No
Post by: nealeffendi on March 27, 2014, 05:10:44 PM

Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='44992' dateline='1395899048'Yes it's real, looks to be end/edge of bar. You can see ramping of the metal at the base of the lettering and is that a little fishtail on the L.

Most likely the edge as it is a straight clip. End clips are more likely to be ragged.
I always look at how the rim stops at the edge of a clip. The inside edge should stop before the outside edge (like this coin).
To me it is genuine.

Title: RE: Clipped Coin Yes or No
Post by: Steveqld on March 27, 2014, 07:30:45 PM

Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='44987' dateline='1395897758'Well, yeah, but that's still a clip, innit? :diablo:

My bad. I was of the view that a "clipped planchet" was one where two punches overlapped each other but I see on PCGS it only has to be an irregularly cut planchet.

Title: RE: Clipped Coin Yes or No
Post by: markn on March 27, 2014, 08:03:45 PM

Looks like a good clipped/incomplete planchet to me.

Title: RE: Clipped Coin Yes or No
Post by: ausjack on March 28, 2014, 06:07:53 AM

looks like GS has been in the shed to me :mocking: Sorry GS I wanna be good :) Gee you've been finding some cool coins of late, keep it up mate :good:

Title: RE: Clipped Coin Yes or No
Post by: Goldseeker on March 28, 2014, 02:57:41 PM

Thanks one and all for your comments.

Now I can put my tools away.............no truly, I am having a really good run of finding errors and NCLT's and I trust that it will continue.

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