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KeenEye New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 02/08/2021 1:35 pm Searching a US dime roll and this popped out at me. Not the greatest shape but it would be my first silver find. Coin sandwiched between two US dimes... Report this Post to the Staff

PNWType Pillar of the Community United States 561 Posts	Posted 02/08/2021 1:57 pm From 1968-2010 the British 5 pence is made of copper-nickel just like a clad US dime. Foreign coins don't do the same as the US with the two-colored edge to show cladding. Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 735 Posts	Posted 02/08/2021 2:28 pm The last time UK currency coins contained any actual silver was 1946. Report this Post to the Staff
KeenEye New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 02/08/2021 3:28 pm Thanks! Thought I got lucky. Need to brush up on UK coins. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17964 Posts	Posted 02/08/2021 3:40 pm Still legal tender here for 5p! I've had US quarters turn up in bags of 10p coins over here! My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Princetane Pillar of the Community 4628 Posts	Posted 02/13/2021 12:30 am Also US coinage is only 8.333% nickel and 91.666% copper, hence why its so coppery on edge and loses colour quickly. British and Commonwealth Cupro nickel was usually 75% copper and 25% nickel. But most Commonwealth and British coinages now are stainless steel and the like, although Australia holds out with copper nickel 5c, 10c, 20c and 50c Report this Post to the Staff
PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 02/13/2021 04:51 am In the UK the 20p and 50p are still cupro-nickel - it is the smaller coins - 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p that have gone to steel. Report this Post to the Staff
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