DUMB QUESTION OF THE DAY

[tucker1931]

OK, here it is. You people keep reffering to clad coins and I have no clue what you're talkin about. Please clue this old Canadian feller in.
Thanks

 

[John D.]

I think they are coins such as Quarters, Dimes etc which prior to 1964 were silver are now copper with a very small amount of silver sandwiched on the outside. Pennies are copper coated zinc.
I hope this answers your question, however I am not an expert on coins.

 

[tucker1931]

Thank you John D. When I previously TH'd we never had access to all this info that's available today. No internet and no digital cameras, man, how things have changed (I guess for the better, altho I'm not sure)

 

[khouse]

Here is the definition I found,

clad

having an outer covering especially of thin metal; "steel-clad"; "armor-clad"

In detector terms : an inferior metal coating covering inferior layers of inferior metal. Not solid copper, gold or silver.

 

[DavHut]

Modern US clad coins are, as mentioned, a sandwich. A copper core is sandwiched between two layers of copper-nickle alloy, the same metal used for US nickels. When viewed on edge, you can see this clearly.

Canada, on the other hand doesn't mint clad coins, but uses a pure copper-nickel alloy for their modern coins.

To my knowledge, both use a copper-washed, zinc cored blank to make one cent coins. What we lovingly call Stinkin Zincers.

No one has used silver to mint circulation coins for a long time now. Since 1964, here in the US. At todays bullion prices, the coins would be worth more than their face value!

 

[John-Edmonton]

Is the newer coinage dimes, quarters, halves and dollar coins that aren't made of silver. Some people can't be bothered looking for them. myself? .....well I can't seem to get enough clad. The pennies buy me a nice yearly gold coin, the yearly $500.00 or so have gone towards family presents and a computer. And, the more you dig, the more you find.

Ain't it a great hobby

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[Uncle Willy]

Clad is the opposite of silver which they no longer mint. Clad coins are a composition of copper and a base metal. If you look at the edge you can see the metals sandwiched together.

Bill

 

[Spanky]

Yah I agree John.....I also want to add that the clad pennys are the ones with the holes in them

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose...no dumb questions only dumb answers me bouy eh! 4 shore

I could waste away the hours
Talking with the flowers
If I only had a brain.

Best of the season!

 

[awhitster]

n/t

 

[Uncle Willy]

And if I had one I would take it out and play with it.

Bill

 

[tucker1931]

Thanks for all the response to my DUMB QUESTION OF THE DAY, and as far as I'm concerned, of I dIg 'em, I OWN 'EM.