A nice incomplete planchet with a straight clip. A 1944 Wheat Ear in great shape. It goes with the 1944 curved clip that I posted a few days ago. I showed the edge on this so as you can see, it was not ground down.
Beautiful coin! I've only seen one in circulation, but the clips were curved; not straight like yours (my triple clip cent story)... In 1972, I was a paperboy for the New Haven Register and found a 1969s Triple-Clip cent in my weekly collections. Besides having three curves taken out of the coin, It was also odd because I didn't see many San Francisco minted coins in Connecticut. Initially, I thought it was PMD, but I didn't know a tool that could make such cuts or why anyone would waste their time. I showed it to the owner of our LCS. He was the one who told me it was a Mint error coin. He said that triple clips are rare and offered me $3 for it. $3 was a lotta money in 1972! I turned down the offer and kept the coin. I figured if he was willing to pay $3 now, I might want to hang on to it. I haven't seen that coin in 50 years and have no idea what happened to it. It may be in one of my many attic boxes I hope to go through one day.
I remember buying the "James Gang Rides Again" album at Tower Records for $2.50 around that time. A week of paper delivery netted about $12. Anyway, sorry for getting off on a tangent. Covid makes me nostalgic...
They're not worth a lot and with a curved clip I'd say a low risk. With a straight clip it would be a lot higher. You've gotta watch those grinders. That's why I showed the edge. It's entirely different.
It's a beautiful coin and it matches this one. They're both the same date, a curved clip and a straight clip. They are both incomplete planchet errors.
That's the type of clips my "triple clip" cent had. I'm trying to imagine how a straight clip is even possible...given that the thing making the clip is curved.
