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My first Die chip!! 1955P

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    My first Die chip!! 1955P

    This is my first chip and a good one...
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    Still the best "Nickel Trail Die Hunter". 2013 ((MIKEE)) T.Davis
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    Die chip would be the wrong terminology. What you are referring to is a "clip", but what it looks like here is someone with a lot of time and a file. Clips that happen at the mint are very very clean. if you will notice the edge of your "clip" there is a rough rim also filing down the last 5 in the date.
    Jimmy Ehrhart
    previous member of CONECA and C.F.C.C.

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      This is a genuine curved clip. The coin shows a Blakesley effect at the pole opposite the clip, and the design rim tapers and fades out as it approaches the clip. Both are strong indicators of authenticity. I can't tell if the last 5 shows metal flow, but if it does, that's a third indicator. I don't know why the field is a bit rough next to the clip, but that's not enough to counter the other diagnostics.
      Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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      • #4
        Wow,thank you Mike.D for clearing that up!! I was about to toss this coin!! Glad I waited,and learnt something about clips.Its a keeper!!!
        Still the best "Nickel Trail Die Hunter". 2013 ((MIKEE)) T.Davis

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        • #5
          Well in that case great find.
          Jimmy Ehrhart
          previous member of CONECA and C.F.C.C.

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