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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dougmeister, post: 2496455, member: 56842&quot;]Well I&#039;m *far* from a &quot;big gun&quot;, but if it is a true &quot;clipped planchet&quot;, then the coin should display the &quot;<b>Blakesley effect</b>&quot; on the edge directly opposite the area in question. There should be a &quot;weakening&quot; of the design.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>&quot;To rim a blank, the blank is fed into the upset mill which contains a specially shaped groove. Placing pressure on both sides of the coin pushes and raises the rims – the same idea is used to &#039;spoon&#039; a coin. However, on an incomplete planchet, the coin is not round. Pressure cannot be properly applied at the missing area – which means the rim directly opposite is also not formed properly. This is known as the &#039;Blakesley Effect,&#039; named after the numismatist who first studied the phenomenon. After upsetting, the planchet travels to the coining room and is struck.&quot;</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://board.conecaonline.org/showthread.php?2600-What-You-Need-to-Know-about-the-Incomplete-Planchet-Error" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://board.conecaonline.org/showthread.php?2600-What-You-Need-to-Know-about-the-Incomplete-Planchet-Error" rel="nofollow">Good thread</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also <a href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/CurvedClipDiagnostics.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/CurvedClipDiagnostics.htm" rel="nofollow">Ken Potter</a> has a good write-up on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the location, and on the fact that it isn&#039;t a very large &quot;clip&quot;, there doesn&#039;t seem to be much detail on the opposite side of the coin. *Maybe* the &quot;ST&quot; of &quot;TRUST&quot; on the obverse?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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