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<p>[QUOTE="Michael K, post: 3881463, member: 78298"]The core is not copper.</p><p>It is an alloy of copper and silver.</p><p>The outer layers are 80% silver and 20% copper which is bonded to an inner core of 20.9% silver and 79.1% copper. (Making the total 40%).</p><p>If you cut your coin in half with large shears or machine cutting tool,</p><p>you will see the inner core is not copper.</p><p>I believe the confusion is that it has been called a "clad" coin. Today's clad coins do contain an inner copper core. But the clad, means this coin was constructed sort of like a sandwich. With the outer layers and the inner core.</p><p>In the 40% Kennedy's the inner core is copper and silver melted together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Michael K, post: 3881463, member: 78298"]The core is not copper. It is an alloy of copper and silver. The outer layers are 80% silver and 20% copper which is bonded to an inner core of 20.9% silver and 79.1% copper. (Making the total 40%). If you cut your coin in half with large shears or machine cutting tool, you will see the inner core is not copper. I believe the confusion is that it has been called a "clad" coin. Today's clad coins do contain an inner copper core. But the clad, means this coin was constructed sort of like a sandwich. With the outer layers and the inner core. In the 40% Kennedy's the inner core is copper and silver melted together.[/QUOTE]
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