On my website i want to place a little bit of background info about coins i have. But why not share the background info i found here also (most of you will know the info allready, but maybe some newbies like myself can do smething with this info) The Indian Head cent. Designer: James Barton Longacre Minted: 1859 - 1909 Composition: 88% copper, 12% nickel (before 1864), 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc (from 1864 to 1909) The Indian Head Cent is also known as the Indian Head Penny. It was designed by James Barton Longacre, who was then the engraver at the Philadelphia Mint. All Indian Heads are minted in Philadelphia until the last two years it was minted, in the last two years Indian Heads were also made in San Francisco. On the reverse of the 1859 Indian Head cent's thers is a laurel wreath. Inside the laurel Wreath are the words "One cent". In 1860 The design changed to an oak wreath, also arrows where added to the bottom and a shield was added on the top. The indian on the Indian Head cent is Lady Liberty, wearing a Native American headdress. In 1909 the Indian Head Cent was replaced with the Lincoln Wheat Cent.
I looked at your website, and it looks good. I think you will have a class site there when you are done, for sure!
What is the address of your website? I tried clicking on "homepage" in your profile but it lead me to a blank screen!
I visited your site very nice.Hope this is helpful.You have a 1964 Washington quarter listed as a clad.It should be a 90% silver quarter not a clad.keep up the good work.thanks for sharing.
thx guys, About that quarter, to be honest i dont think that will be the only one that is in the wrong place. There is a War nickel in between the nickels to, that is listed as a regular nickel, ... and propably many more. How can you tell its a silver one? i dont have a scale yet, but they look verry much alike and they feel the same weight. Its like my eisenhower Dollar, i think its a silver one, but i am not sure, (its then only one i have and its verry heavy)
Quite easy to tell, anything before 1964 (Dime quarter half and dollar) Is silver. For the Ike Dollars, just check the edges and see if there is a coppery sandwiching on the edge. If it is silver, it won't have that 'sandwich' look.
so the barber dimes are also silver? and what do you meen with the sandwiching, dnt understand edit* took a look at the dollar, and i know what you meen with the sandwich , so its not silver
A clad coin has more than one layer of metal in it. Whereas silver coins are only one layer of silver composite metal. Most US clad coins have an inner layer of copper and the outer layer is an alloy of nickel-copper. The golden dollar coins from the US have an outer layer of zinc, manganese, and nickel. Pics: the one on the left shows the copper portion on the edge, the other two are silver coins. This is one way to tell if a coin is silver or clad:
Don't count on that. The silver Ikes are silver clad halves with an 80% silver 20% copper outer layer bonded to a roughly 80% copper 20% silver core and if the copper in the core oxides they can have a "sandwich" appearance as well. Best ways to tell the silver from the coppernickel is by weight or by the date/mint combinations. If it is an S mint business strike finish it is silver (There are 2 known 1973-S business strike finish copper nickel coins known). If it is a 71-S or 72-S it is silver. Proof 73-S, 74-S and 76-S Type I's come both coppernickel and silver, use tissue test or weight to tell apart. Except for some VERY rare 1974-D & 1977-D errors, everything else is coppernickel.
Solid presentation Kasia, job well done. And Koen, it will take some getting used to, but the best thing you can do is educate yourself more online. We provide lots of information but there's always more useful stuff everywhere else.
