Help Spotting The Silver From The Clad

This is not always true! I have pulled many silver clad that from the edge looked like a 90%, only to be dissapointed to find out it was a 40%. After you have been handling silver coins for awhile, you will be able to spot them with a quick glance.

I'll weigh it and let you know what I come up with... Can any of you tell from a photo?
Tiggerlilly64

read this thread it may be of some help

and a couple of laffs if ya look at coop"s pics

https://goccf.com/t/46511



<edit: I forgt the link >

There will also be silver S mint proofs to consider..never know

I agree. And also I have seen a 40% that looked like a clad from the side. Another simple way is the drop method. If you have tons of halves simple drop them on one another as you are going thru them. The distinct silver sound will always be there

The silver-clad halves usually have a visible greyish stripe or line on the edge which results from the fact that they consist of a "sandwich" of alloy: two outer layers of 80% silver + 20% copper bonded to an inner core of 79.1% copper + 20.9% silver. Variations in the striking process cause this stripe to be more or less obvious in the finished product. Sometimes the edge looks uniformly white, very much like a 90% silver coin. However, I've never seen one with a bright copper edge stripe like you see on the copper-nickel clads.

When in doubt, check the dates, then the weights!

Oh where are my manners... Thank You All of You for your responses.

one more small question.. Do you know of any errors reported for this date? The reverse has a double image on it.. More like a shadow.. kinda.. You can see "plur" stamped on the eagles chest and a star just behind his eye. It is like the whole image is shadowed but a off centered by half..

In my opinion, the ' tissue test' is the best method.

Like any other visual test, is easier when you have a known silver, silver clad, and Cu-Ni clad to compare with.