Clip Error Coins

Anyone trying to squeeze one more holiday cookie out of a thinly stretched batch of dough knows exactly what a clip-error is. Clip errors occur in coinage when planchets, the discs that become coins, are somehow cut too close together, taking a nick, slice, or even a big bite out of a coin.

It is easy to imagine the broad margin for errors of many kinds that existed when coins were made by hand. Metal was melted to a malleable state, rolled thin, and cut in strips before being stamped out in discs. Discs (planchets, also called flans) were then placed on the anvil, struck on one side and then the other. Being able to strike both sides at once was a true innovation in early coin-making, but required a sure hand and a sure eye, over and over and over. Ancient coins show the stresses of this manufacture (remember that manu-facture translates from its Latin roots as "making by hand") in off-center strikes, uneven impressions, ragged edges and clip-errors. Making money was both a respected art and an exhausting craft.

Clip-errors are rarer in modern machine-made coins and are therefore treasured by collectors, perhaps as a reminder that even machines can make mistakes.


1955 P Lincoln Wheat Cent Penny    CLIP ERROR
1955 P Lincoln Wheat Cent Penny Clip Error
Paypal   US $21.50
1944 P Lincoln Wheat Cent Penny    CLIP ERROR
1944 P Lincoln Wheat Cent Penny Clip Error
Paypal   US $18.50
1975 P Lincoln Cent Penny CLIP ERROR FAST SHIPPING
1975 P Lincoln Cent Penny Clip Error Fast Shipping
Paypal   US $14.00
1966 P Lincoln Cent Penny CLIP ERROR FAST SHIPPING
1966 P Lincoln Cent Penny Clip Error Fast Shipping
Paypal   US $19.50
2000 P MASSACHUSETTS 25c ERROR STR CURVED DOUBLE CLIP
2000 P Massachusetts 25c Error Str Curved Double Clip
Paypal   US $79.99
1969 S Lincoln Cent Penny   TRIPLE CLIP ERROR
1969 S Lincoln Cent Penny Triple Clip Error
Paypal   US $195.00
1980 Elizabeth Small Cent Canada Penny CLIP ERROR
1980 Elizabeth Small Cent Canada Penny Clip Error
Paypal   US $10.00
1981 Elizabeth Small Cent Canada Penny CLIP ERROR
1981 Elizabeth Small Cent Canada Penny Clip Error
Paypal   US $7.50
1964 D CENT ERROR QUINTUPLE CLIP 5 CLIPS 1 COIN
1964 D Cent Error Quintuple Clip 5 Clips 1 Coin
Paypal   US $449.99
2000 P VIRGINIA 25C ERROR BIG STRAIGHT CLIP
2000 P Virginia 25c Error Big Straight Clip
Paypal   US $104.99
2000 P VA 25C ERROR LARGE STRAIGHT CLIP AND STR THRU
2000 P Va 25c Error Large Straight Clip And Str Thru
Paypal   US $99.99
1940 LINCOLN WHEAT CENT MINT CLIP ERROR FREE SH M77
1940 Lincoln Wheat Cent Mint Clip Error Free Sh M77
Paypal   US $15.00
Error 1971 D Double clip ANACS AU 58
Error 1971 D Double Clip Anacs Au 58
Paypal   US $130.00
1787 New Jersey copper Maris 43 d ERROR CLIP NICE
1787 New Jersey Copper Maris 43 D Error Clip Nice
Paypal   US $219.88
1964 Kennedy Half DollarClip Error CJ448
1964 Kennedy Half Dollarclip Error Cj448
Paypal   US $24.95
ErrorDouble Clip 1998 Cent
Errordouble Clip 1998 Cent
Paypal   US $55.00
19xx DIME ERROR HUGE CLIP
19xx Dime Error Huge Clip
Paypal   US $49.99
2000 P VIGINIA QUARTER ERROR STRAIGHT CLIP
2000 P Viginia Quarter Error Straight Clip
Paypal   US $89.99
2000 P SOUTH CAROLINA QUARTER ERROR STRAIGHT CLIP
2000 P South Carolina Quarter Error Straight Clip
Paypal   US $89.99
2000 P MARYLAND QUARTER ERROR STRAIGHT CLIP
2000 P Maryland Quarter Error Straight Clip
Paypal   US $109.99
ERROR 1987 WASHINGTON QUARTER WITH CLIP DEFECTIVE DIE
Error 1987 Washington Quarter With Clip Defective Die
Paypal   US $45.00
1964 D Roosevelt Dime Clip Error
1964 D Roosevelt Dime Clip Error
Paypal   US $4.99
2000 D SOUTH CAROLINA QUARTER ERROR LARGE CURVED CLIP
2000 D South Carolina Quarter Error Large Curved Clip
Paypal   US $59.99
2000 D SOUTH CAROLINA QUARTER ERROR BIG CLIP
2000 D South Carolina Quarter Error Big Clip
Paypal   US $49.99
1964 D D RPM SILVER DIME ERROR RAGGED CLIP w BLAKESLY
1964 D D Rpm Silver Dime Error Ragged Clip W Blakesly
Paypal   US $55.00
Error1997 Quarter with Nice Clip
Error1997 Quarter With Nice Clip
Paypal   US $10.00
Error 2003 BU Cent with large straight clip
Error 2003 Bu Cent With Large Straight Clip
Paypal   US $67.50
Error1995D Clipped NickelLarge Clip K1 3
Error1995d Clipped Nickellarge Clip K1 3
Paypal   US $12.50
ErrorClipped 1989 Quarter w Micro Second Clip
Errorclipped 1989 Quarter W Micro Second Clip
Paypal   US $12.50
Error1974 Clipped Quarter w Micro 2nd Clip
Error1974 Clipped Quarter W Micro 2nd Clip
Paypal   US $12.50
1936 Mercury 10c Elliptical Clip Error CHOICE BU
1936 Mercury 10c Elliptical Clip Error Choice Bu
Paypal   US $145.00
1943 P LINCOLN STEEL CENT ERROR CLIP w BLAKESLY EFFECT
1943 P Lincoln Steel Cent Error Clip W Blakesly Effect
Paypal   US $55.00
1916 Lincoln Cent Error CLIP
1916 Lincoln Cent Error Clip
Paypal   US $1.00