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Valued Member
Canada
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Do you have any idea why this clad 25 cents is toned? silvery gold? thanks.. both sides same... j  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Not clad,25 cents were 100% nickel from 1968-2000.No idea why jt toned like that,but sure is purty.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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gold paint.........lolololo
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Valued Member
Canada
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Valued Member
 Canada
107 Posts |
I tried washing it, does not come off, may bring it to my next coin club, they may know, I wonder if someone tried to tone it using a potato? and yes it's very pretty to look at, the obverse has bit of a scuff on high part of cheek, and still is solidly toned. BTW I kind of though nickel as clad ? So nickel coins are not called clad? is nickel a prescious metal ?
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Valued Member
Canada
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Of course not, all of our silver coloured coins are mostly nickel.
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Valued Member
Canada
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so clad means more then one metal? I though it was coins that were not precious metals? BIT foggy on meaning of clad coins.. what about silver with a coat of gold, is clad a term for more then one metal? j
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Valued Member
Canada
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1968-2000
1968 had silver in some of them.... .500 silver
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I believe "clad quarters" refers to post-silver US quarters made with planchets punched from metal which consists of a copper core with a layer of nickel alloy bonded to both sides.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I believe "clad quarters" refers to post-silver US quarters made with planchets punched from metal which consists of a copper core with a layer of nickel alloy bonded to both sides. your probably correct, I often forget what clad coins reffers to..I generally collect vintage silver coins. |
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Canada
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When I took the family to metal detecting hunts, some of the coins were painted different colors to represent what prizes they were to get. I see that you have tried to take it off, and it will not come off. Could it have been buried in some type of soil or something else that may have attached itself to the coin. I have dug up copper pennies that had a silvery sheen on them, strange at first, but happened.
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I have dug up copper pennies that had a silvery sheen yes that may be a reason, metal detecing is great fun ! |
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Posted 10/11/2010 10:33 am
