Can anyone help me with this one. I am new to coin collecting and not to sure if this Lincoln Cent I found is a Clipped Error or just my own wants for an error coin. Thanks.
No, it doesn't appear to be a clip. It appears to be rim damage, post-mint. A clip happens when a blank is punched and is incomplete, usually due to a sheet feeding error. The blank is later upset, to create the rim and is then a planchet. The planchet gets struck to create the coin. With this in mind, you would not see a crushed rim from a clip. Most are straight or curved and clean. A ragged clip is an exception, where there is tearing near the blank's edge. Sometimes a coin is intentionally cut to make it appear to be a clip. Error experts (I am not one) know how to check the clipped edge for diagnostics, like the rim tapering away, and device weakness, near the clip. You can imagine why this would be so, as struck metal flowing toward the clip is not forced into the die's recessed devices. Often there corresponding weakness directly opposite the clip for similar reasons. Errors are fun but I only know enough to be dangerous, so I stay back. Lance.
Is that clip in the same spot on the front and back? If so, then you might also have a rotated die from what I can see. If you turn the reverse picture so the clips match up, you can see the reverse isn't at the 180 degree angle. I doubt it would be worth anything though.
It's not a rotated reverse... And actually, it looks like it could be a legit clip, but it's so beat up it wouldn't be worth selling.
IMO, its a legitimate clipped Lincoln. Put it in a 2x2 and label it the first one you ever found and Congrats!
