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<p>[QUOTE="swhuck, post: 980301, member: 21044"]Any US clad coin, including the 40% ones, will show the clad layer. The color of the clad layer is different than on the coins with no silver, because the clad layer on the 40% silver coins is .791 copper/.209 silver, but it's there and very definitely visible.</p><p> </p><p>I think the key is to know the difference between what silver coins and copper-nickel coins look like. There's a subtle but real difference in color.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="swhuck, post: 980301, member: 21044"]Any US clad coin, including the 40% ones, will show the clad layer. The color of the clad layer is different than on the coins with no silver, because the clad layer on the 40% silver coins is .791 copper/.209 silver, but it's there and very definitely visible. I think the key is to know the difference between what silver coins and copper-nickel coins look like. There's a subtle but real difference in color.[/QUOTE]
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