Bicentennial Half Dollar

A 90% silver Bicentennial Half Dollar from Dan Francisco Mint. It now resides in my Dansco 7070.

 

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Thats a first.

 

You sure it's not in your Sansco 7070? Beautiful half!

 

I thought the Bicentennials were 40% silver.

 

Surly you meant 40% silver. nice coin

 

So this decodes to 40% silver.

 

Nice coin. Great for a Dansco.

 

Its call a Silver Clad coin.
https://www.usacoinbook.com/coins/half-dollars/kennedy/

 

Yes I know silver/clad composition they just made it kind of confusing they can't just put 40% silver and 60% copper can't they.

 

I wonder why the mint came up with such a strange composition?

 

Its a money thing,silver was on the rise kind of and for the collector prospective.

 

Because Sears Roebuck had a great sale on copper & nickel.

 

Fat fingers and small keys

 

My mistake. Just in a rush as I was thinking about another coin.

This is a 40% silver clad San Francisco Half Dollar.

 

It was so 'dumb' back in the day..........why not make them 'coin silver'? Everyone was so hung up on silver after taking it all out of circulation. The evil coin collectors created a coin shortage.

Now (today) we deal with 99.9% silver when we buy sets of that nature. 'Coin silver' has gone the way of the dinosaur.