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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 2284905, member: 73983&quot;]Below is a true clipped planchet error.&nbsp; As well as the dime above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice in the photo below, the absence of a rim at the clip, it&#039;s because the diameter of the planchet was not enough to upset the rim.&nbsp; Upsetting the rim is done prior to striking.&nbsp; Upsetting is the raising of the rim by rolling the planchet under tremendous pressure.&nbsp; You&#039;ll notice that opposite the clip, there is a weak rim.&nbsp; Same reason, it&#039;s because there was not enough pressure at that point to properly upset it.&nbsp; There is no rim at the clip, because there was no metal present to upset.&nbsp; The missing rim at the clip and weak rim opposite of the clip are what entails the &quot;Blakesley Effect&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the details of the Y in Liberty disappear towards the clip.&nbsp; Also note the texture of the metal towards the edge of the clip.&nbsp; This is because of the strike pressure forcing the metal to flow towards the empty space left by the absence of the metal.&nbsp; The metal was able to free flow and not take on any of the characteristics of the die.&nbsp; Also the shape of the clip is not a perfect crescent again, because of the metal flow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a wonderful article on the clipped or incomplete planchet.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://board.conecaonline.org/showthread.php?2600-What-You-Need-to-Know-about-the-Incomplete-Planchet-Error" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://board.conecaonline.org/showthread.php?2600-What-You-Need-to-Know-about-the-Incomplete-Planchet-Error" rel="nofollow">http://board.conecaonline.org/showthread.php?2600-What-You-Need-to-Know-about-the-Incomplete-Planchet-Error</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457328[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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