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Posted 12/13/2018 4:25 pm
No one hated clad in 1965 more than I did.
It simply wrecked coin collecting through a market crash and two date freezes. It also caused all the coins I loved to start disappearing from circulation.
Only much later did I realize just how great the transition really was. I inherited my own universe of circulating coinage because no one else collected or cared.
Ginger Rapsus' "The US Clad Coinage" 1992 has what I believe is a comprehensive list of the various alloys that were tried. Inco and other companies probably produced other alloys but to my knowledge none were official.
Clad has proven exceedingly durable. Many of them are chewed up in circulation because now days they acquire most of their wear in collisions rather than rubbing around in pockets. They can be quite attractive with nice even wear if they were well made.
Gems for the early dates were very elusive in the year of issue so most Gems for pre-1982 quarters and dimes come from mint sets.
It simply wrecked coin collecting through a market crash and two date freezes. It also caused all the coins I loved to start disappearing from circulation.
Only much later did I realize just how great the transition really was. I inherited my own universe of circulating coinage because no one else collected or cared.
Ginger Rapsus' "The US Clad Coinage" 1992 has what I believe is a comprehensive list of the various alloys that were tried. Inco and other companies probably produced other alloys but to my knowledge none were official.
Clad has proven exceedingly durable. Many of them are chewed up in circulation because now days they acquire most of their wear in collisions rather than rubbing around in pockets. They can be quite attractive with nice even wear if they were well made.
Gems for the early dates were very elusive in the year of issue so most Gems for pre-1982 quarters and dimes come from mint sets.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
Edited by cladking
12/13/2018 4:25 pm
12/13/2018 4:25 pm
