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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 159645, member: 4350&quot;]Hi Mike,</p><p>I wasn&#039;t advocating the use of the term as I agree, &quot;clip&quot; is easier.&nbsp; I just remember when the real reason a &quot;clip&quot; became a clip was first explained to me as an incomplete planchet error, (many years ago<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, I had learned something new about the minting process.&nbsp; I also was very interested in the fact that the coin wasn&#039;t first minted and then clipped.&nbsp; As a kid, I thought that is what happened.&nbsp; I thought that the die &quot;clipped&quot; the coin due to some strange happening after the coin was struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Incomplete Planchet error although more accurate a description of the error is very unweildy.&nbsp; I was just trying to explain what really happens.&nbsp; I still call them &quot;clips&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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