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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2149640, member: 15929&quot;]I normally do not post eBay listings but this one was suspicious and then obvious as I had asked the seller for a photograph of the inside edge of the clip.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-EISENHOWER-IKE-DOLLAR-CLIP-ERROR-RARE-ON-THIS-DATE-New-edge-pics-added-/271863391160?ssPageName=ADME%3AX%3ARTQ%3AUS%3A1123&amp;nma=true&amp;si=eG10y4YnyKtioHpSl%252Bk%252BhktMSk4%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-EISENHOWER-IKE-DOLLAR-CLIP-ERROR-RARE-ON-THIS-DATE-New-edge-pics-added-/271863391160?ssPageName=ADME%3AX%3ARTQ%3AUS%3A1123&amp;nma=true&amp;si=eG10y4YnyKtioHpSl%252Bk%252BhktMSk4%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-EISENHOWER-IKE-DOLLAR-CLIP-ERROR-RARE-ON-THIS-DATE-New-edge-pics-added-/271863391160?ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123&amp;nma=true&amp;si=eG10y4YnyKtioHpSl%2Bk%2BhktMSk4%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I knew what the response would be as I knew what the photograph would show BUT, by the time the seller had gotten back to me, the listing had sold.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is definitely an altered coin in that the clip is NOT genuine. The edge photo clearly shows that the coin was cut after minting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]412364[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The above image clearly shows 3 distinct clad layers. Which in fact is what these coins consist of however, the method of blanks creation would not create what is shown above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Specifically, blanks are gang punched out of CnClad Sheets. Gang punching (similar to a three hole paper punch) consists of a rod being forced into a receiving hole. Whatever is in the way, ends up with a hole in it. The end result is a coin blank which is literally &quot;pushed&quot; through the sheet. Similar to the bits of paper (holes) left over from a 3-Hole Paper punch.</p><p><br /></p><p>This process causes stretching and breaking of the CnCladding. On the downward thrust, the cladding stretches up onto the blank creating the two colored edges typically seen on a CnClad coin. Part copper and part CopperNickel.</p><p>The sheet being punched, gets the opposite effect in that the CnCladding gets stretched down into the hole created by the punch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since a &quot;clip&quot; is technically and &quot;incomplete blank&quot; what the inside of the clipped area would show should be the exact &quot;opposite&quot; of the the edge of the coin shows as illustrated below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]412367[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Never would the inside of the clip be this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]412364[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Above is what you would see if you cut the coin in half since no stretching and breaking would be occurring.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin in the listing has other tell tale signs such as the details ending abruptly. Specifically, the last &quot;7&quot; in the date.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]412371[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse was not as convincing (which is why I asked for the additional photo):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]412370[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I let the seller know but evidently somebody had already purchased the coin. The seller hadn&#039;t ended the listing, the coin sold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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