1980 S Susan B Anthony dollar

Only because my other Susan B Anthony dollars have silver on one side and copper on the other . Unless the sides are so thin you cannot see it.

 

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Ya never mind. Post is done. But thank you all for your insight.

 

The edges can look different, sometimes when the blank is cut the layers smear which can obscure the layers somewhat. All are the same though, copper nickel outer layers and copper center layer.

 

3 Susan B's, all oriented same direction, 3 different looking edges

 

@Brian Ochaba

Your coin is absolutely normal. Clad dimes, quarters, halves, and SBAs are made from 3 layers, silver colored 75%copper 25%nickel outer layers bonded to a pure copper core. The edge will always show the 3 layers. Many times, when a blank is punched from the clad strip, the metal can smear and make look like the layers are not centered, but if both sides are silver colored, then its a normal coin.

 

When the strip is rolled out the upper and lower coppernickel layers are pretty much the same thickness. When the blank is punched out of the strip a "smearing" of the layers occurs. If you were to look at the edge of the hole left in the strip you would see the top CuNi layer has been smeared downward and well appear thick. The copper layer will also smear downward and appear thick. The bottom CuNi layer has nowhere to go and is partially covered by the copper layer. It may or may not be visible at all but if it is it will be thinner than the top layer.

On the edge of the blank this same smearing occurs as well but in the opposite direction. In this case the layers smear upward and the top CuNi layer is the thin one. (This is one test for authenticating a clipped planchet on a clad coin. On a genuine one the smearing on the edge of the coin and in the clipped area will be in opposite directions. Not foolproof but a good indication.)