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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;littlehugger, post: 2102238, member: 58633&quot;]You could always check the date on the coin.</p><p>Clad coinage is struck in a style called cupro-nickel. A layer of copper between two layers of nickel.</p><p>&nbsp;This was done for several reasons. One, to give the coins at least some intrinsic value, but less than face value. Two, the nickel closely resembled the silver surface of the previous coins, and last, so they would closely match the electromagnetic qualities of the silver coin it replaced and work in vending machines.</p><p>&nbsp;You can see this by looking at the coins edge, which shows a copper center.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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