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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SPP Ottawa, post: 1733857, member: 39508&quot;]Ok, after some study, I think I have figured this one out. First of all, it is quite a thin planchet (split planchet?), only weighing 1.17 grams. Secondly, it is an elliptical clip. Thirdly, the obverse image exhibits a typical orange peel texture of brockages, but this is a counterbrockage, the Queen is not in mirror image. You can see some of the ghost images of the reverse maple leaf tips above the Queen, probably from being such a thin planchet and metal being formed into the reverse die. Lastly, the rim, or edge looks like it was sheared off during the counterbrockage strike at one point, and cupped like it was struck over another coin along the bottom obverse leading edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>So that begs the question, was the elliptical clip formed on a split planchet prior to the strike? Or was this clip part of a series of indent strikes, and getting sheared off in the last step of that process?? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a really cool error, in beautiful mint state condition. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]271545.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]271546.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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