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I bought 2008 proof quarters when they just came out. The guy that sold them said he lived in Hawaii and he bought 2008 5 coin sets and opened them and now he sells them by one. I bought 7 coins for about 6$. The question is are they silver and is yes why do they have different edge (Red white)? THnak you
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The red and white you are referring to on the edge is copper and nickel. Only the S-mints proofs are silver
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A lot of guys preordered the sets as they contained the Hawaii quarter , broke up the set to sell the Hawaii quarter before its release and got good prices , of course they were left with the remnents.
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If you see copper on the edge, then you have answered your own question- they are copper nickel clad. All proofs are minted in San Francisco and are available in either CuNi clad or 90% silver.
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A good place for this question , I collected the 50 clad , halfway through collecting 90% proof silvers , then I was told theres also a series in .999 ? Is this correct ?
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then I was told theres also a series in .999 ? Is this correct ?
Not correct- the only .999 silver coins the US Mint produces is the American Silver Eagle series. |
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Whewww..thats a relief..thanks
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biokemist6 OH didn't know they made both. Thanks for the info.  I was looking at a set yesterday. I would been in for a little shock finding clad when I thought they where silver. |
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1 oz silver too ...hmmm nice , pity its out of stock on most states
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No Alaska or Hawaii though, at least not yet, also $27 an ounce Ag? Ouch
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Although it is very subtle without seeing the edge of the coin most of the time the silver issue will have a very very slightly darker grey scale hue to it than the CN one. You have to view 2 of them together a few time to tell the difference. I think I trained my eyes on this in the 1976 Bi-Centenial issues and can generally tell the difference with only one coin in hand. Just be careful as there are some unscrupulous garage slabbers that will try to trick you. Always make sure there is a return policy just to be safe.  |
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if the coins have the copper band on the edge then chances of it being the silver set is slim to none just being a S mint has no bearing on if its silver or clad because they both (silver and clad) have the S mint mark and the only way to really be sure is to look at the edge, if its solid silver color its the silver edition, if it has the copper band its the clad. At least thats the only way I know to tell the difference once they have been cracked out of the OGP
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You can find out by weighing it also  |
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Jerry is right about training your eyes to see the difference.
Silver and clad proofs look totally different from each other.
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Posted 11/14/2008 11:45 pm
