Beautiful corner clip

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These are hard to come by in any year:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250171909248

Oddly, they always seem to occur on quarters.

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question

Query:

I've never seen a corner clip before, do they always appear so far out of square? If so, why?

[foundinrolls]

Hi Mike,

Educate me a little. Even on a corner clip, shoudn't the details get a little fuzzy as they approach the edge?

This one looks a little funky to me, but I havent seen too many of these.

Thanks,
Bill

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It's genuine because there is clear metal flow in the LI of LIBERTY and because there is an enormous Blakesley effect (flattening of the rim) opposite the clip. The angle of a corner clip is always obtuse, as seen here. Evidently, this is because the leading edge of the coin metal strip is cut at an angle for easier feeding, like a French-cut green bean. The tip of the strip is an acute angle, while farther back you find an obtuse angle where the cut meets the intact strip. While there is no testimonial evidence to back this up, it makes perfect sense.