1883 Liberty Nickel Triple Clip?

Hope the picture suffices. Hit me with your best shot, I can take it. Found this last night in a lot of foreign coins I recently purchased. I see what you do also, what appears to be some fold over at one spot and what also appears to be some grinding effect. Is it possible it could have been struck this way or is there some tomfoolery going on here? Thanks all.

 

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Nope. Damage.

 

It's PMD (Post Mint Damage).

 

Thank you both. I have not seen enough of these to lay any claim to decent knowledge on them.

 

Gut says it might be legit.........just me. And I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night, I stayed home. The wife would have killed me........

 

The coin is so worn that it is hard to see if there is a Blakesley Effect present on any of the clips.

Chris

 

Show us the edges.

 

I just temporarily misplaced it. I'll try to get the edges when I locate it.

 

The lower right flat area of the obverse has grind marks. Definately PMD. I am thinking possibly someone in the past created their own pocket screwdriver.

 

I don't want to say one way or the other, but the marks behind Liberty's head look like roller marks from the planchet press. Possibly an awful planchet to start with?

 

100% damage

 

Above the head you can see where metal rolled over when it was ground down...PMD

 

Three straight clips? At different places around the coin? No. Straight clips occur when the punch overlaps the edge or end of the strip. You MIGHT be able to get two straight clips with an overlap of both an edge and the end at the same time, (but usually they will meet and you'll have a corner clip) but how can you overlap an edge, end, and another edge? Especially on a small coin. (Give me a coin three or four inches across then maybe, and two of the clips will be 180 degrees apart.)