1965 Kennedy Half Dollar %90 Silver - Page 2

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Broken-Coin Pillar of the Community United States 1812 Posts	Posted 06/12/2015 2:46 pm I'm surprised nobody mentioned to check the edge to see if it is clad or not. 90%silver shows no sign of a clad strike. Report this Post to the Staff
Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 06/12/2015 3:04 pm Quote: I'm surprised nobody mentioned to check the edge to see if it is clad or not. 90%silver shows no sign of a clad strike. That would usually work, but halves struck from 1965-1970 were 40% silver and don't show copper on the edge Report this Post to the Staff
cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 06/12/2015 3:07 pm Quote: The edges of the 40% silver ones do not show copper. Actually Coop did mention why that wouldn't work. Report this Post to the Staff
Broken-Coin Pillar of the Community United States 1812 Posts	Posted 06/12/2015 3:08 pm Agreed, but you can still see the clad seperation if looking close enough... Report this Post to the Staff
koinpro Pillar of the Community United States 1781 Posts	Posted 06/12/2015 8:08 pm The tissue test is only good to distinguish silver from cupro-nickel. It is not even close to being definitive for distinguishing silver-clad (with an 80% silver outer layer) from 90% solid silver. So forget that test for this coin. Report this Post to the Staff
jarediun New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 06/12/2015 8:13 pm Wow! Thank you everyone for the feedback and advice! Nothing but a great experience in dealing with everyone here! I will try some different techniques and get to a scale to weigh grams and get back to everyone. I did the tissue test and it matches my silver coins. Just need to figure how much, etc... Thanks again for your help! Report this Post to the Staff
lovecoins Valued Member United States 331 Posts	Posted 06/13/2015 1:10 pm let us now or we might read about it on the cover of Coin World or some other publication Report this Post to the Staff
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