Well my vote would be fake at this time---but I would like to see a photo of the back. From this photo I don't see a blakesly effect at all, and the letters don't seem to fade off...but are cut. One last point would be that the "clip" is "strait" (guess who I listen too ) ...even when a planchet has such a clip when the coin is struck the planchet sometimes moves out and makes the clip alittle rounded. Speedy
Not a clipped planchet. A partial planchet, like that, would not have such a perfectly upset rim, nor likely to be centered perfectly. The coin was sheared in half, after being heavily circulated.
I agree, the coin appears to be cut, almost in half, intentionally. The straight cut across the coin is a sure sign. As Speedy said, if the coin was truly clipped there would be a radius or curved cut. I'd also like to see a photo of the reverse if you could provide one.
It looks bogus to me. I don't see any of the diagnostics. There's no metal flow in design elements bordering the straight edge, there's no taper and fadeout of the design rim, there's no Blakesly effect, and I suspect there's no cut-and-tear texture on the straight edge.
The edge looks like the other part of the coin was taken off clean. Now that i look at it with a 16x loupe, it almost looks like someone took an axe to it.
