Clipped Coins

gnome · September 09, 2012, 07:59:35 PM

One of my personnel favourites,1979 double clipped, double bar 50 cent piece.

Another double clipped 50 cent.

Alot of these images are old scans and pics.

20c

10c

Australian coin · September 10, 2012, 10:43:57 AM

1966 1c

enworb · September 10, 2012, 05:10:58 PM

1961 3d

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markn · September 10, 2012, 06:11:26 PM

Clips are kind of an obsession of mind. One member here calls me the "clip king"

Nevol · September 10, 2012, 06:44:22 PM

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QuoteOne member here calls me the "clip king"
A fitting title from the looks of all those clips you have. :biggrin:

markn · September 10, 2012, 06:53:04 PM

Quote from: 'Nevol' pid='244' dateline='1347268462'A fitting title from the looks of all those clips you have. :biggrin:

Yes, I have too many. Here's a few more interesting ones.

Nevol · September 10, 2012, 06:59:50 PM

How long have you been amassing them :icon_question:

markn · September 10, 2012, 07:06:02 PM

Quote from: 'Nevol' pid='249' dateline='1347269390'How long have you been amassing them :icon_question:

Since I started collecting coins. I've always been interested in them for some reason despite how common they are. These days I don't get too many, just the ones on odd denominations, some double clips, and bigger decimal clips. I've got three elliptical clips which are my favourite and I'd like some more but they don't come up too often and are very pricey when they do.

markn · September 10, 2012, 07:19:28 PM

PPH prodded me about posting this. Lovely UNC 1967 20c that is clipped AND it's a partial collar.

Nevol · September 10, 2012, 07:26:07 PM

They are all very appealing to me. I have a few, but it will take me ages to get a collection of clips like yours. :blush:

gnome · September 11, 2012, 06:41:30 AM

63 doubleclipped 6d

Australian coin · September 11, 2012, 11:56:11 AM

gnome your avatar is awesome!

gnome · September 11, 2012, 05:12:59 PM

Thankyou,
it was one of my first misstrike florins, from memory I outbid some bloke in India to keep it here in Australia. Dem was the days before Ebay started screwing everything up, when you could see the other bidders.
Got hooked on errors and varieties pretty much ever since.

markn · September 11, 2012, 06:45:37 PM

Quote from: 'gnome' pid='275' dateline='1347349379'Thankyou,
it was one of my first misstrike florins, from memory I outbid some bloke in India to keep it here in Australia. Dem was the days before Ebay started screwing everything up, when you could see the other bidders.
Got hooked on errors and varieties pretty much ever since.

What's going on with that 5c Gnome?

markn · September 11, 2012, 06:49:43 PM

This clip is a bit mangy but it's an interesting and rare one. It's a 1963 florin struck on an elliptically clipped planchet. The missing part of the coin on the obverse runs from the E in REGINA around to the I in ELIZABETH. The missing part is a very thin crescent shape very much like the new moon. Bought it not quite sure if it was real or not but when I looked at it closer when I got it home it's clear there's some fish-tailing of the legends around the missing coin area. This indicates metal flow towards the missing coin region when the coin was struck.