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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1037201, member: 11521&quot;]My recollection is that the Mint&#039;s equipment was not capable of minting cupro-nickel clad Half Dollars at the time. Nickel is much harder than silver. Clad Dimes and Quarters were not a problem but the Mint&#039;s coin presses could not exert enough force to strike up a cupro-nickel Half Dollar. (A Half Dollar has 59% more surface area than a Quarter, therefore it takes much more force to strke up a Half Dollar.) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Mint found that they could adequately strike up Half Dollars whose outer clad layers were 80% silver. So the Mint struck 40% silver Half Dollars (with 80% outer layers) until they acquired presses with higher striking force that could adequately strike up cupro-nickel Half Dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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