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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3451866, member: 66&quot;]The weight is just about right for a missing clad layer</p><p><br /></p><p>The OVERALL composition of our clad coins is 91.66% copper and 8.33% nickel.&nbsp; So if we assume that the two clad layers are the same thickness that means one clad layer has half the nickel which would be 4.155% of the total weight of the coin.&nbsp; 2.27 grams * .04155 = .0945 grams of nickel in a clad layer. Now since copper and nickel weigh almost the same and the nickel makes up 25% of the clad layer, the weight of the clad layer would be .0943 * 4 = .377 grams.&nbsp; So a dime missing a clad layer should weigh close to 1.89 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the color looks right, the strike looks right, the weight is right, odds are VERY good this is a genuine pre-strike missing clad layer dime.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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