We recently picked up 3 half dollars from gas station attendants. One 1964, one 1967, and one bicentennial. We are trying to figure out the bicentennial. It's lighter than the other two coins but appears thicker and has wider rims. It's well circulated but also has a light silver color while the others are somewhat tarnished. It's a 1976-S. Our red book lists silver clads and proofs only for this year/mint. Were there any 1976-S pieces that were not silver clad or proofs? We're new collectors, just curious, thanks for reading this.
As I recall, Kennedy's business strikes were normal clads and those early Kennedys had silver. http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/kenedy.html The one on the bottom is a bicentennial clad. Ruben
All of the 1976-S half dollars are either 40% silver (Unc and Proof) or coppernickel clad proofs. They did not make any 76-S coppernickel clad business strike half dollars.
Thanks. We were travelling over the weekend and got all three halves at podunk gas stations (2 at one, the bicentennial at another). My husband and I disagreed over whether the 1976 was silver clad, but after we got home and compared it to our non-silver halves it appeared that Hobo and my husband were correct. Sweet. At any rate, conder answered my question, thanks.
