clipped?

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  1. eric6794

    eric6794 Well-Known Member

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  3. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Nope. PMD. The radius of that clip is much too small to have been done at the mint.
    If it were a clip at the mint, you'd be able to nestle another penny into it and it would fit.
     
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  4. phankins11

    phankins11 Well-Known Member

    Nope, more likely zinc rot. A curved clip should be the same radius as the coin.
     
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  5. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    Actually, a smidge larger than the radius since the "clipping" occurs during the punching process while the upsetting mill reduces the diameter of the finished coin.

    But they are very close.
     
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  6. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    As has been mentioned, the radius for a clip should be approximately the same radius as the coin.

    This is most likely a machine shop student learning about punches.
     
  7. SuperDave

    SuperDave Free the Cartwheels!

    This coin's all done. Zlincolns are the hemophiliacs of numismatics - any cut is potentially fatal.
     
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  8. phankins11

    phankins11 Well-Known Member

    LMAO
     
  9. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Great analogy!
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  10. Cascade

    Cascade CAC Grader, Founding Member

    Especially when you add a little coumadin in the form of moisture to em lol
     
  11. eric6794

    eric6794 Well-Known Member

    nice analogy
     
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