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.
 Rare 1958 Cinco Centavos Error Clip Planchet Bu Unc  US $50.23
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 1737 Russia Denga Error Off Center Major Clip Choice Sharp US $25.00
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 1967 Sms 25c Straight Clip Mint Error Ngc Ms 66 US $635.00
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 1982 D Lincoln Memorial Double Clip Rare Coin Error US $10.99
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 Error1974d Ike Dollar Large Clip US $152.50
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 1831 Large Cent Neat Genuine Clip Error Decent Coin Affordable US $45.00
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 2004 Wisconsin Clip Edge Error State Quarter Denver US $42.00
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 1941 Mercury Dime Mint Error Rim Clip Hk949 US $21.95
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 Error 1971 D Kennedy Half Large Clip US $110.00
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 Error 1943 Cent Straight Clip 20 Very Scarce US $200.00
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 Error 1989d Half Dollar Large Clip Scarce US $210.00
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 Error 1967 Qtr Broadstruck Double Clip W Huge Clip US $250.00
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 1828 Large Cent Coin Error Clip US $39.99
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 Us Coin 1985p Jefferson 5c Clip Error Xf US $20.00
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 Ireland 5d 1992 Double Clip Planchet Error US $45.00
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