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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4600848, member: 84179"][USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] pic in post #10 is an excellent visual of the types of clips (I know it's an incomplete planchet, but I've been calling them clips since I started collecting 50 years ago, so I'm too old to change <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie69" alt=":oldman:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Is a clip perfectly curved? Well, how perfect is perfect? From the schematic, you can see that some will be curved, some will be ragged, and some will be straight. Then you need to consider that on a curved clip you may have some outward metal flow during striking, so it might not be a perfect fit for another coin but it will be close.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit to Add: The OPs coin has "zinc rot". The copper was breached and the zinc has corroded. Although technically incorrect, "zinc rot" seems to be a frequently used term to describe this type of corrosion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4600848, member: 84179"][USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] pic in post #10 is an excellent visual of the types of clips (I know it's an incomplete planchet, but I've been calling them clips since I started collecting 50 years ago, so I'm too old to change :oldman:) Is a clip perfectly curved? Well, how perfect is perfect? From the schematic, you can see that some will be curved, some will be ragged, and some will be straight. Then you need to consider that on a curved clip you may have some outward metal flow during striking, so it might not be a perfect fit for another coin but it will be close. Edit to Add: The OPs coin has "zinc rot". The copper was breached and the zinc has corroded. Although technically incorrect, "zinc rot" seems to be a frequently used term to describe this type of corrosion[/QUOTE]
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