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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 22451, member: 57463&quot;]I do not know how many machines you tried or what the other circumstances were.&nbsp; I do know that the reason that the US Treasury chose the clad combination was specifically because it would mimic the electro-magnetic signature of silver and thus the new coins would pass in machines, though foreigns would not.&nbsp; Perhaps our standards have drifted since 1965.&nbsp; Silver started disappearing immediately.&nbsp; As a 16-year old kid, I knew enough economics from history to see where this was heading (and it did).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Good for her! </b> Too many people pay too little attention to their money.&nbsp; We make fun of clerks who are boggled by a half dollar or an old Ike.&nbsp; (I know a story about purposely taking old coins -- half cent, 20-cent, etc. --&nbsp; to the store just to videotape the clerks.)&nbsp; Then we make fun of people who accept Bush $200 bills.&nbsp; Either case points to the same problem: How do we learn about money?&nbsp; Your clerk was observant to some extent.&nbsp; On the observant side, also, when state quarters first came out, there was a question posted to Rec.Collecting.Coins: &quot;I got a quarter today and it looks like an American coin, but...&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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