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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 941010, member: 66&quot;]Blakesley effect is not foolproof.&nbsp; Genuine clips don&#039;t always show it and I have seen fake clips where the effect has been faked as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned you look for the metal flow into the clipped area, and in the case ofthe clad coinage there will be a reversal of the edge &quot;smear&quot; effect in the clipped area.&nbsp; (If you look at the edge of a typical clad you will notice that one &quot;silver&quot; layer is thick, then you have the copper, and the final &quot;silver layer is either very thin or not visible.&nbsp; On a coin with a clip if the coin is&nbsp; Thick,copper,thin, with the coin held the same way inside the clip it will be thin,copper,thick.&nbsp; If you think about how incomplete planchets are created you will understand why.)&nbsp; Now this is not sure fire either because if you know about it and plan ahead you can punch out your fake clip so as to create the proper &quot;smear&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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