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New Member
United States
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I may have found a 1996 S Silver Proof! Not really sure if it is silver or not. It has the no copper look on the edge... What do you guys think?  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Moderator
 United States
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You may get more responses in this section. I moved your post to the appropriate section for the proper attention.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
224 Posts |
That's a silver! Drop it lightly, it should have a different ring.
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Moderator
United States
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Weighting it is probably the best, and safest method. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1000 Posts |
It looks silver to me. The separation between cladding layers is really obvious on the proof coins. Don't drop it -- it doesn't look too badly impaired, and you don't want to ding up a proof.
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Rest in Peace
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It's a silver, the clad proofs show a visable clad line just like business strikes  |
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New Member
 United States
26 Posts |
Thanks for moving to the correct thread. I was going crazy at first as I thought the post disappeared.
Thanks!
So this was in the last roll of Box #3...
Box 1: Skunk
Box 2: 6 x 40%
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New Member
United States
47 Posts |
You cant tell by looking despite what other people are posting. The coin could have been plated (I occasionally find quarters that "look silver" but are not). The only way to know for sure is to weigh it.
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New Member
United States
26 Posts |
So is this a 40% or a 90% coin?
What should it weigh?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1000 Posts |
90% and 12.5 grams.
@Bassmaster, given that it's a proof coin that still has a mirror finish AND cameo bust, I'd say it was not plated. The possibility did cross my mind though.
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New Member
United States
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That's what I kind of figured. Mirror and cameo would be tough to have come through a plating process.
So what is with some of the half dollars that are thicker? 1980 halves seem to be double thick...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't think 1980 halves were any thicker. Do you have an example of what you mean?
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Moderator
United States
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I certainly looks like one from the initial photo. A nice find.  |
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New Member
United States
26 Posts |
Sorry about the out of center pic. It was balancing act to get camera held in place with mouth while one hand held coins and the other manipulated mouse...  It seems that most/all 1980s are thicker like in the pic... Edited by RockIt54321
03/03/2017 12:11 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You cant tell by looking despite what other people are posting. A plated proof coin would not retain the cameo characteristics of an unmolested example, there is no doubt that it is silver. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Edge thickness is somewhat dependant on quality of strike. The better the strike the thicker the more the rims fill and the thicker the edge.
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