Could it be...?

A straight clip occurs when the partial blanks are punched from, either, the beginning or, more often, the end of the coin metal roll.

 

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Hahahaha. Just showing that there are irregular clips.

 

Your welcome hun. I feel good when I'm doing good . Not when I mess up .

 

You're teaching me and I sincerely appreciate it!

 

No problem. I try as limited as my Knowledge is .

 

It's a good bit more than mine!!

 

No not at all.

Ok hold on.. To much misinformation going on as always just creates confusion. It is an obvious alteration made on the Cent. Someone took the Cent and sheared it.. Plain and simple!
It's not a Mint Error of any kind.

Folks.. Keep in mind that true "Clipped" coins are NOT actually clipped. They are just incomplete planchets. The missing area is caused when the planchet was punched out to close to the previous punched planchet.

Here are the known "clipped" planchets
Curved (single)
Double
Triple
Ragged
Corner
Straight

The White Circle represents the correct cut out of planchets. The Gray circled represents the Incomplete Planchet when they were punched to close to the already punched perfect circlular planchet..

Any questions?

 

You can also easily determine that it's PMD because the process for making copper plated cents punches the blanks from Zinc sheets, THEN copper plates them. The edges of any clip will be plated. Your coin shows exposed zinc, so the damage occurred after plating.

 

Not sure I sent my reply correctly earlier. Excuse this one if you got the first. THANK YOU FOR THIS!! The illustration really helped me understand. I really appreciate your help!!

 

I wondered about that when I took the edge pics. Thank you so much for your help. All you guys are great!

 

No offense to anyone else here, you're all really helpful and I appreciate it so much. That said, Paddy, you help me so much!!!!