What Was The First Laminated US Coin ?

Some of us might know if we had any idea what you mean. What is a laminated U.S. coin?

Or a lacquer covered coin...

Or a laminated planchet strike...

Or...?

And the first clad U.S. coinage was in 1965...well, it was dated 1965, but could have been minted in 1966.

Ahh, then Sap got it right. It was 1943 with the zinc over steel cents. These were plated.

The first clad coinage was in 1965 with the quarter and dime in nickel clad copper, and the half dollar in silver clad copper.

And here's the difference:

Plated, when referring to coins, involves making blanks of one metal then dipping them into a bath of another metal.

Clad is a method of sandwiching sheets of metal together then bonding them with explosive force. Then you cut the blanks.

Most obvious visible difference...plated coins look like they are made of one solid metal until you cut them in half. Clad coins look like a sandwich from the side.

It wasn't actually a coin but there were pattern Two Cent Pieces made in I believe 1836 struck on planchets made of a layer of copper roll bonded to a layer of silver. They would be copper on one side and silver on the other. Some goliod dollar patterns were plated I believe, but that plating was done post strike. And they aren't layered but there are the silver centered cents of 1792. There wer experiments in the 1830's striking copper cents through bronze powder to create bronzed proofs.

thanks to all for sharing your knowledge with me I am kinda new to coin collecting and there is a lot for me to learn