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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinhead63, post: 1397820, member: 28001&quot;]Nickels are an alloy not a clad process.&nbsp; Cladding involves bonding of a dissimilar metal or alloy to a surface.</p><p>An alloy is of uniform composition throughout. Post 1964 circulating dimes, quarters and halves are clad.</p><p>All U. S. nickles (war time or not) are alloyed as are pre 1982 cents and pre-65 dimes, quarters, halves, dollars and gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW the cladding process bonds the three layers by a the use of an explosive between the layers to &quot;weld&quot; the three layers together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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