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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pete Apple, post: 3548825, member: 103982&quot;]According to my count, I mentioned the copper core with regard to the Kennedy Silver Clad Composition 3 times, and in each case I specified its composition as including a specific % silver. Your point is well taken: I should have said &quot;copper alloy core&quot;. I mentioned a copper core generally without specifying composition only to indicate - and quote experts who so indicate - that cladding can be pulled over the core by a dull punch. I assumed that anyone reading those comments would understand that they were meant to include cladding of any of the clad compositions of existing coins and a core of any composition (100% copper or a copper alloy) of existing coins. I assumed that a general reference without specifying composition detail would be understandable by those reading the comments. <b><u>I</u></b> certainly understood the reference when it was made by the experts I quoted.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are correct that I did not say &quot;Copper Alloy Core&quot; and I did not feel it necessary to explain in each mention that a percentage mixture as I stated was, in fact an alloy. My apologies for that oversight - I certainly assumed anyone reading my comments would understand that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also apologize that I made an assumption about the statement from those who were insisting I was wrong about the coin in the OP being silver clad because it was instead 40% silver. I assumed they were saying that the coin was a monolithic cuprosilver alloy composed of 40% silver and the remaining % was copper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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