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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3058529, member: 27832&quot;]That looks like a normal clad edge to me. When the blank is punched out of the strip, the top cladding layer gets dragged down across the copper center layer; that&#039;s why the &quot;copper band&quot; is usually offset toward either the obverse or reverse face of the coin. Sometimes the band can look quite narrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>For 40% silver halves, the center band tends to look darker gray rather than red, although I&#039;ve seen it look orange-ish on uncirculated coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weight difference between a 40% silver half and a clad half is quite small, and the weight of a clad half can vary a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you show us what your scale shows as the actual weight for this coin, and maybe for a known 40% half and a known clad half as well?</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to CoinTalk![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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