This article will be going into Errorscope in the near future: Clipped Planchets: Big Money is Still Out There By Matt Draiss Hey everybody! I love collecting error coins, and my line of specialty is all clips on all U.S. coin series. I work as the apprentice for a P.N.G. dealer and part time in a local coin shop, so I do a lot of sorting of coins of all kinds. The bulk of it is low grade Wheaties, Buffalo Nickels, and Liberty Nickels. Why is coin sorting fun? Most people in there right minds who pass out at the mere thoughts of organizing bulk coins like those above by date, mint, etc. I,being an error coin collector, keep my eyes pealed for clips whenever I get a big sorting task to complete. Well, my patience payed off, because I discovered not 1, but 3 potential Buffalo clips, and the real prize was two V nickel clips in decent grades. They are the main topic of discussion here because I specialize in V nickels among other things, and was utterly thrilled to have found both of these remarkable clips. The fun all started when I was sorting about 15,000 nickels from Shield to Jefferson in every grade under the sun. I had coffee can after coffee can practically exploding with coins screaming SORT ME! Ok, that was a little bit exaggerated, but you get the idea. So as I was sorting them, I kept my eyes pealed for dates and grades, but also if I saw something resembling a clip, however small it may have been, I set it aside. The two biggest finds out of the whole batch was two V nickels pictured below. Enjoy the following pictures and keep looking because clips are still out there! Both of these coins look better in hand and my scanner does not do them proper justice. The one coin is a 1907 grading VF and displays two clips: 2% curved at 1 o'clock and 1% straight at 4 o'clock. A double clip V nickel is very rare and worth in the range of $75 to $100 as far as retail pricing goes. The second coin is an 1896 grading choice Very Good. The coin display a 1% clip at 8 o'clock. This coin is worth in the range of $35 to $50 retail and is a great type coin error.
