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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 23250580, member: 10461"]I believe so, though I guess it's theoretically possible (if unlikely) for a coin to be missing both outer clad layers?  That would of course result in, for example, a dime that's all copper- like the color of a cent- on both sides. But if both of the outer layers were missing and only the copper core got struck, I think the resulting coin might come out somewhat weakly struck, since the coin would be pretty thin with only that inner layer of the "sandwich" there to receive the strike. I've never seen one with more than one clad layer missing, so I'm guessing here.  That's a question for the more seasoned error experts. Usually with a missing clad layer, you're going to see something more like the dime I posted.  Something with a dramatic color difference between the two sides, because two different metallic compositions are showing.[/QUOTE]