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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 04-10-2007, 11:06 PM   #1 (permalink) mrbrklyn CEO of Brooklyn     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 10,092 My Mood: Blog Entries: 3 Can the 71 Half be silver? Ruben __________________ "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." Coin Talk Museum Exhibits http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins.html   04-11-2007, 12:10 AM   #2 (permalink) Aidan Work Numismatist   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wellington,New Zealand. Posts: 6,467 Quote: Originally Posted by mrbrklyn Can the 71 Half be silver? Ruben Ruben,the 1971 $1/2 is not silver.It is copper-clad cupro-nickel. Aidan.   04-12-2007, 07:04 PM   #3 (permalink) Coinlover The Coin Collector     Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Festus Missouri Posts: 3,088 1964 kennedy halves are 90% silver. 1965-1970 is 40% silver. 1971-present is clad. __________________ Star Note Lookup   04-11-2007, 02:47 AM   #4 (permalink) Troodon Coin Collector     Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 1,753 Quote: Originally Posted by mrbrklyn Can the 71 Half be silver? Ruben Would have a pure copper core with clad layers that are 75% copper, 25% nickel. Overall by weight it would be about 88% copper, 12% nickel. __________________ "It's a Sacagawea dollar! You can take it to the bank, and trade it in for a real dollar!" -Marge Simpson My paper money collection- updated constantly!   04-11-2007, 02:51 AM   #5 (permalink) Aidan Work Numismatist   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wellington,New Zealand. Posts: 6,467 Troodon,I had mentioned that the 1971 $1/2 is not silver. Aidan.   04-11-2007, 02:53 AM   #6 (permalink) Troodon Coin Collector     Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 1,753 Quote: Originally Posted by Aidan Work Troodon,I had mentioned that the 1971 $1/2 is not silver. Aidan. Er sorry, didn't notice. __________________ "It's a Sacagawea dollar! You can take it to the bank, and trade it in for a real dollar!" -Marge Simpson My paper money collection- updated constantly!   04-11-2007, 04:24 AM   #7 (permalink) Aidan Work Numismatist   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wellington,New Zealand. Posts: 6,467 Troodon,it was on the first page. Aidan.   Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Do I have something or not? | Air tite coin slabs\holders... » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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