Lincoln curved clip?

Is this what's called a curved clip?

Just came across this 30 seconds ago. Never found one before so I'm not sure. Its a 1998-D. (Not that it matters)

Thanks

 

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we'd have to see full pics of both sides of the coin

 

Yep, the whole coin please.

 

As stated, it would help to see the whole coin, but from what I can make out that is post mint damage. If it were a clip, it should taper off to the edge and not have any lip.

 

Sorry about that.

Took a few to try and get a couple different light angles









Let me know if you need a specific angle. Thanks

 

Is the rim a little weak directly opposite from the clip? If so it is probably a genuine clipped planchet.

The raised rim is created when the blank is squeezed in an upsetting mill. When a clipped blank goes through the upseting mill the rim cannot be raised directly across from the clip because the upsetting mill canot squeeze the blank where the diameter of the blank is too small (where the clip is).

What date is the coin? If it is 1983 or later it is a zinc cent which is composed of zinc with a thin layer of pure copper plating. (Some cents dated 1982 are also zinc cents.) If your coin is a zinc cent and it was clipped after leaving the Mint the zinc core would be exposed. It looks like the clip is copper so (if it is a zinc cent) the edge of the clip was plated.

That looks like a good find.

 

Couple more of the obverse. The obverse tapers off, however the reverse has those little bumps.

 

Oh awesome I just looked directly opposite of the clip and it is weak! This is it

 

looks good to me. blaksley effect is present. have you put a penny in the clipped section? try to match it up like a puzzle.

 

Yup, a clipped die, see http://triton.vg/clip.html

 

I will buy that. You later pix make it look a lot different that the first.

 

Oh awesome that just made my day. And sorry for the bad pics in my original post wasn't really sure what to look for.

Could anyone put an estimated value on this? Just a ballpark figure is fine.
$5? $10?

I appreciate the help everyone. This forum is great!

 

I sold some a while ago and got 50¢ each. They are not super valuable.

 

It doesn't look right to me. What color is the area where the clip is? The area on the reverse shouldn't have those bumps near the clip. The rim/fields should fade more when it gets near the clip. The blakesley effect doesn't look correct. Looks too circulated to be a clip. It should have been picked up years ago. Just doesn't look right to me.

 

I have to agree, it looks very questionable...

 

It's legit. If it was fake, they would have had to go to the trouble of re-plating it to hide the zinc core.

BTW LOL @ "clipped die" Joe.

 

Oh good I already put it in the 2x2