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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 7853845, member: 74863&quot;]<b><font size="6">Bowtie Clips</font></b></p><p><font size="6"><b>Part V: Planchet Errors:</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Blanking and Cutting Errors: </b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Bowtie clips:</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A bowtie clip consists of two very large curved clips at opposite poles.&nbsp; It produces a coin with expanded ends and a narrow waist.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are three types of bowties — chopped webbing, re-punched normal strip and opposing curved clips.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chopped webbing refers to the wastage from the blanking process.&nbsp; A coin metal strip that has passed through the blanking press is full of tightly-packed, regularly-spaced holes.&nbsp; The strip is chopped up before the pieces are sent to a furnace to be melted down and recycled.&nbsp; Occasionally, a piece will remain behind in a tote bin or conveyor and can subsequently get mixed in with a batch of planchets.</p><p><br /></p><p>A struck piece of chopped webbing can be triangular or bowtie-shaped.&nbsp; Only the latter shape earns the moniker “bowtie clip”.&nbsp; The two curved clips can be roughly equal in size or very unequal in size.&nbsp; It all depends on the size of the piece and the location of the chopped ends.&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition to the two large clips, a bowtie clip of this type may have a small curved clip at one or both ends.</p><p><br /></p><p>A bowtie clip derived from normally-punched strip that has been repunched will show a very narrow waist.&nbsp; One or both ends of the bowtie will show a small curved clip that is often converted into a straight-looking edge by the expansion of the coin.&nbsp; Shown here is an undated nickel that would fall into this category of bowtie.&nbsp; The larger end shows the small clip.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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