Possible Dime and Quarter Errors

1975 D and 1981 P Dime error or damage? Also a 1983 P Quarter

 

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Your dime appears to be a clip, but I'm not seeing much of the Blakesly effect. (https://dniewcollectors.blogspot.co...te rim formed at that position after striking.) The quarter is just PMD, post mint damage. Someone has placed something on the quarter and struck it hard enough to bend the coin. NAV, no added value for the quarter, but the dime has a little.
I'm sure others will chime in with more knowledge on the clip and give you an estimate on value.

 

Oh, yeah, welcome to CT. I might suggest that you post photos FULL IMAGE (after uploading your photos, there are two "buttons" under it, thumbnail and full image, click full image so members can enlarge and view with one click).

 

I am under the impression the quarter is post-mint damage, and the two dimes have curved clip errors. In-fact, the 1981-P looks to have two curved clips. However, I am not seeing very much Blakesley Effect (a weaker spot opposite of the curved clip). I have heard of people sometimes finding fake clipped planchets.

Edit: @Mountain Man beat me to it, I didn't refresh my page before commenting.

Welcome to CoinTalk!

 

Thank yall for the replies and advice. Would different pictures help? If so what should I focus in on?

 

I think your photos are good enough, maybe a little too much light, so other than posting FULL IMAGE, not much else. If you read up on Blakesley effect you might see it in-hand and it just doesn't show in the photos.

 

The two Dimes are actually Incomplete Planchets.. They were never Actually Clipped. They use that term because they look clipped. It you put another Dime in the curve it would fit perfectly. They were punched out of a sheet of Dime stock from an area where other Blanks were previously cut out of but to close. So there was never metal there to clip away.. Got that?

 

The smaller the coin the less of the Blakesley effect you will see

 

So, could we say they are "planchet clips?"
Thanks for the info Ed.

 

Nevertheless they are winners in my book still
I can't imagine the people who think they have actually have something amazing only to find out its a dud lol

 

But the common term is "clipped planchet" though...

 

Clipped planchet is still worth more than face value. It would depend on the buyer and how much they are willing to pay, but here is a rough guide.
https://coinsite.com/us-error-coin-values/

https://www.usacoinbook.com/search/?query=clipped+planchet+dimes&search=Search

 

But it was never clipped. So it's incorrect.

 

But it is a planchet which has a clip out of it...hence a clipped planchet.

 

Definitely winners! Save them but spend that quarter which is damaged.

 

Nope. It does not have a clip out of it. There was nothing ever there to be clipped for that actual planchet.

 

This is what I found
One of the simpler errors, and one of the easier to understand, is known technically as the “incomplete planchet error,” although it is almost universally known by its more common name of “clip.” Purists are rankled by this misuse of terminology, insisting that clipping should only refer to the nefarious process in old times of shaving a slight amount of precious metal off the edges of coins. Reeding was added to the edges of coins to prevent and readily identify clipping.



Error collectors divide errors into three broad categories: planchet errors, die errors, and strike errors. The incomplete planchet error, as can be guessed, is a type of planchet error. The actual error occurs when the blanks are being punched from the metal strip, near the beginning of the process. Sometimes, these errors can be quite dramatic, with a large percentage of the planchet missing. More often, only a small percentage is “clipped.”



As the metal strip is being fed into the blanking machine, a punch and cutter cut circular blanks out of the strip. After each punch, the strip is fed an incremental amount further into the machine. However, sometimes the strip slips or gets stuck, and doesn’t move the full increment. For example, if the strip is fed at the wrong speed, the strip will not move far enough between punches. If this happens, the punch will then overlap the previously punched hole – and the resulting planchet will be incomplete. It will have a crescent missing with exactly the diameter of the punch

 

Muchas Gracias.. ¡Perfecto!

 

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