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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Oh dear heavens... my wallet can't take any more special sets this year!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I forgot RP and mint at various mint's facilities (W, S, D, P).
And YES, UHR.
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Valued Member
United States
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I am surprised the Mint has not created some sort of special set for the event. How about some "clad" classics like a Merc, morgan or walking liberty. that would be a way to celebrate clad coins! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Clad coins? Never knew there were any. And here I thought all those new coins were solid Silver.   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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How about some "clad" classics like a Merc, morgan or walking liberty  Don't Even Think About It !! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
997 Posts |
I used to hate clad coins but eventually realized that for circulating coinage it serves very well. They wear much better than other types, especially silver. Take a look at a well worn mid 60's quarter and compare that to any silver quarter in real circulation for 40 or 50 years, the silver coin would be almost unrecognizable while the clad quarter would still be all there.
The biggest appearance issue with current circulating coins is the low relief necessitated by the massive amounts of coins that are produced and the lack of value-to-size parameters due to legacy sizes. You have a 50 year old coin that will purchase a tenth the product when it was minted. 2 coins, the cent and nickel, while not clads, are all but worthless except in too-large-to-efficiently-handle quantities.
Mintage costs for clads have remained relatively low so there is no real push to change them but coins themselves are becoming more irrelevant every day. They are basically a way to make change for cash sales using paper currency. Unless the dollar is revalued (by a factor of 10 or 100) coins will be gone sooner rather than later.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As for clad coins they are good for spending. With the exception of the quarter set I aquired from you and a few clad commemorative halved my sets are only silver. Too old to change now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I honestly wish they wore a little more quickly to make change more interesting.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Interesting responses.
It does sound like clad still have a ways to go, before
they are more widely collected.
I would like to say, I do break open a lot SMS, mint and
proof sets .. when I do notice some nice examples I put
them away, and not dump them back into circulation,
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Pillar of the Community
United States
807 Posts |
After comparing the older clad coins I get in circulation with old nickels, I have come to the conclusion that clad coins are culled rapidly when the surfaces begin to wear. This makes sense because any appreciable reduction in the surface layer thickness would throw the electromagnetic signature right out of specification.
According to the Director of the US Mint, in a nineteenth-century report, silver coins lost about 1% of their weight in 40 years of circulation, the dime & quarter wearing faster than the half-dollar, in accordance with their greater proportional surface area.
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
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Personally, being unused to the typical 'clad' type with copper edges, I can't help but to find them extra dirty for whatever reason. I feel the copper edge, that turns brown after a while, is a sign of dirt attaching to coins. The copper trace isn't covering the whole edge either, it's pretty irregular. I'd rather use barrel plated coins such as those in Canada. They feel cleaner and nicer.
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Moderator
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Oh dear heavens... my wallet can't take any more special sets this year! Agreed. The four C&C sets are going to hurt my 7070 budget. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I also grew up with real silver coins, and never bothered to collect clad issues. I suppose once the government goes cashless/all-electronic, clad coins might become more interesting?
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Moderator
United States
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I suppose once the government goes cashless/all-electronic, clad coins might become more interesting? That is an interesting thought. Quote:
Somehow in the past 20 years my views have changed. I don't even know when or why it changed. I think the recent generations of collectors find them appealing since this is what they have pulled from circulation all of their lives. Perhaps your views evolved as you have become accustomed to seeing them in change. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cashless society is still about 50 years away.... since international commerce still depend on physical currencies. The train's engine is out of the tunnel but all those freight cars are still around the corner and down the slope.
As generation X, Y, Z matured and get into coin collecting, interests/demand for clad coins will pick up AND silver bullion market will expand with the growth of the world population as people climb up the ladder of prosperity.
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