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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 936046, member: 11521&quot;]Is the rim a little weak directly opposite from the clip? If so it is probably a genuine clipped planchet. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The raised rim is created when the blank is squeezed in an upsetting mill. When a clipped blank goes through the upseting mill the rim cannot be raised directly across from the clip because the upsetting mill canot squeeze the blank where the diameter of the blank is too small (where the clip is).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What date is the coin? If it is 1983 or later it is a zinc cent which is composed of zinc with a thin layer of pure copper plating. (Some cents dated 1982 are also zinc cents.) If your coin is a zinc cent and it was clipped after leaving the Mint the zinc core would be exposed. It looks like the clip is copper so (if it is a zinc cent) the edge of the clip was plated. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That looks like a good find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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