NGC 2023 silver American eagle, with a curved clip at K-4. The clip is small, but significant on a silver eagle because clips on silver eagles are rare.
Very few are known, and this is only one of an estimated 10 known for the series.
The reason for their rarity is that, as a precious metal coin, which is valued for it's weight in precious metal, extreme care is taken to make sure the coins are "full weight", which means that clips (which reduce a coin's weight) are almost unknown on bullion coins like this one.
NGC 2023 silver eagle with a rim clip at 9 o'clock. The clip is a "dimple" shape on the rim, and is visible on the obverse and reverse.
Clips of any size are rare on silver eagles, and very...
NGC 2016 silver eagle with strong clashed dies. The obverse shows strong clashing across it's central surfaces, with portions of the reverse design plainly visible. The coin's reverse shows strong...
PCGS 2020 silver eagle with a rim clip at K-2. The clip is in the rim area, and can be seen especially on the obverse. Clips of any kind are rare on silver eagles because of the great care taken to...