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I have seen a lot of silver clad kennedys and the ones I see you can tell they are silver by looking at the edge! My question to you is I have an unc roll I was just looking at and they look Clad not silver clad. The copper is showing up really good you know like they do on the clad halves. Anyone seen this?
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Are they 1964s(silver) or 68s(clad)?
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1968s are only 40% silver composition 1965-1970
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Yeah I know that! What I was saying is the silver clads I have come across have an edge that looks a dark silver but not copper colored. I will try and post a picture
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ok 1 picture came out blurry so I will have to take again! here is a picture of some silver clad and clad coins together. You see how the one on the right and the one 2 down from the right show the copper real distinct? Well what I was saying is I pulled out a roll of unc 1968 silver clad halves and some of them look like the coin on the right  |
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ya that's a little strange. I wounder if it can rub off like it has a little toning or is it a bright copper color? Maybe someone else will know more about them. Was there a error known for them?
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Well what I was saying is I pulled out a roll of unc 1968 silver clad halves and some of them look like the coin on the right
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You can sometimes see copper on the edge of 40% halves because they are copper silver clad. Two outer layers of .800 silver and .200 copper with a core of .209 silver and .791 copper.
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Yes, I have noticed this before. The core of the 40% silver clad looks grayer because the core is not 100% copper, it is only 79% copper as Biokemist said. It is not unusual. The Nickel is 75% copper and looks nothing like the normal pure copper clad core.  |
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Yes, I have noticed this before. The core of the 40% silver clad looks grayer because the core is not 100% copper, and the ones I have seen look gray too!! I am saying I have some that look like the coin all the way to the right. I will try and post a picture. |
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Ah! I see two in the picture that look like they have pure copper cores. The first time I read this post, I did not catch that they were all 1968. Interesting... I am guessing maybe a bad mix of silver and copper in the core. Or did the mint actually cheat on some of the 40% coins?  Edited by jbuck
09/05/2008 11:43 am
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Break out the scale and weigh them babies.
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He is talking about 68's but in th picture you are looking at a mix of clad and 1968 dated halves.
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Conder I should give you a prize for that you are the first one to understand that...  I weighed them nothing different I guess just and optical illusion! B/c the pictures show they look silver also |
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here is a picture of some silver clad and clad coins together. Friday was a really, really bad day for me.  Quote:
Well what I was saying is I pulled out a roll of unc 1968 silver clad halves and some of them look like the coin on the right Okay, so lets see a picture of those coins! Edited by jbuck
09/06/2008 10:08 pm
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