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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 7752182, member: 112&quot;]Is there any way to identify clipped coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s 2 basic ways to do it. One - look at the edges. It&#039;s pretty easy to tell the difference between areas that have been cut post strike and areas that are original. Two - weigh the coin. If it is light, and not within weight tolerance levels, then it has almost certainly been clipped.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would agree, it&#039;s a near certainty it&#039;s been clipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your next question is probably gonna be - then why didn&#039;t they (NGC) say so ? </p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;d have to ask them to know for sure. But seeing as how clipping coins during the hammered coins era was pretty much normal and to be expected, and since collectors of hammered coins should know that, then a TPG not bothering to mention that coin has been clipped should also be expected.</p><p><br /></p><p>But another way of looking at it is they are basically telling you that the coin has been clipped when they give you the weight on the slab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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