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Some time ago I bought this coin and the more I look at it the less I'm sure - is it clad or silver? I know that one way to tell is the weight, but my scale is only accruate to one digit. It shows weight of 5,7g, which could be either 5,67 g or 5,75 g. Can you guy's help me, or should I pay visit to a jeweler's shop?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You could also tell the difference by the color of the rim.
Another method is to put a piece of tissue on the coin. If the circle is white, it's silver, if it's grayish, clad.
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05/17/2016 1:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm leaning more toward silver. Can you take it out of the 2x2 and see the edge? That might be more telling.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As a BU coin with an 'S' it has to be silver.
If it were proof, there would be a question.
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 Slovenia
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Thnak you for your input. I don't have my camera with me right now, so this is the best I could do with the camera on my phone and with bad lightning.  Edge is silver in colour with some reeds toned dark a bit. |
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United States
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Silver imo.
Those are 40% silver.
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05/17/2016 1:40 pm
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Slovenia
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Paper/tissue test are inconclusive, but more on the silvery side. machine20: Looking at Red Book, you seem to be right. For some reason bicentennial coinage always gets me confused  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree with machine20
Only thing it can be is 40% silver BU
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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edge doesn't show "peanut butter" coin is silver
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United States
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United States
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That's a 40% silver Bicentennial proof. My dad has one of those proof sets and that rim is a 40% silver one. No we didn't look at the rim, I can just recognize it cause I have a 40% half dollar. Nice find!  |
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 United States
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Paper/tissue test are inconclusive, but more on the silvery side. It might help to have one known silver and one known clad example with which to compare the test subject. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As a BU coin with an 'S' it has to be silver.
If it were proof, there would be a question. I'd forgotten about that!  Edited by hcmusicguy
05/17/2016 6:35 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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agree with everybody that it's silver , nice coin! |
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United States
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That's a 40% silver Bicentennial proof. It's a business strike, not a proof. It is silver, though. |
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United States
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After 1974 Numisma, the San Francisco Mint stopped producing business strikes. They have mainly done proof only since then, with the exception of the Susan B Anthony dollar, some circulating 80's pennies, and some 2012 ATB Quarters. Bicentennial had a silver proof set, which included the quarter. The coin probably looks like this cause it was in circulation for a bit, or maybe we have an error? This coin should probably get checked out by someone, as we should probably bring out some popcorn!  Edited by BoojiBoyTravis
05/17/2016 11:07 pm
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