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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1601238, member: 11854&quot;]The likely reason for the 80% silver on the outside of the coin is that the US Mint did <i>extensive testing </i> on alloys or clad compositions in the years before the drop from 90% silver and their goal was to find metals or alloys that would wear well, strike up a design adequately, work such that the existing minting machinery would not be harmed and that had a look and feel combination that would allow the general public to accept the pieces as good money instead of counterfeit money.&nbsp; The combination chosen for the half dollars was most likely one of those options tested in the years prior to the switch and one that they thought was quite nice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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