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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SorenCoins, post: 2890984, member: 73708&quot;]Plated, a thin coating of the coin. In this case copper is the thin coating.</p><p>Clad, a metal sandwiched between two other sheets of the same metal.</p><p>My definitions. Lets see Google&#039;s:</p><p>Plated: <b>cover (a metal object) with a thin coating or film of a different metal.</b></p><p>Clad, *Takes a bit of scrolling down the Google dictionary:</p><p><b>provide or encase with a covering or coating.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>So Google says the same things but numismatists disagree.</p><p>The Spruce, a coin collecting website defines clad as so:</p><p><b>A clad coin is a coin that has multiple layers of metal in it.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>So I guess it is somewhat opinionated, but generally coin collectors see the two as different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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