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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1384346, member: 66"]Don't count on that. The silver Ikes are silver clad halves with an 80% silver 20% copper outer layer bonded to a roughly 80% copper 20% silver core and if the copper in the core oxides they can have a "sandwich" appearance as well. Best ways to tell the silver from the coppernickel is by weight or by the date/mint combinations. If it is an S mint business strike finish it is silver (There are 2 known 1973-S business strike finish copper nickel coins known). If it is a 71-S or 72-S it is silver. Proof 73-S, 74-S and 76-S Type I's come both coppernickel and silver, use tissue test or weight to tell apart. Except for some VERY rare 1974-D & 1977-D errors, everything else is coppernickel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1384346, member: 66"]Don't count on that. The silver Ikes are silver clad halves with an 80% silver 20% copper outer layer bonded to a roughly 80% copper 20% silver core and if the copper in the core oxides they can have a "sandwich" appearance as well. Best ways to tell the silver from the coppernickel is by weight or by the date/mint combinations. If it is an S mint business strike finish it is silver (There are 2 known 1973-S business strike finish copper nickel coins known). If it is a 71-S or 72-S it is silver. Proof 73-S, 74-S and 76-S Type I's come both coppernickel and silver, use tissue test or weight to tell apart. Except for some VERY rare 1974-D & 1977-D errors, everything else is coppernickel.[/QUOTE]
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