What's up with that?

[mwaynebennett]

In the contest that just ended, the one with the quart sized plastic bag, the description said it contained just "clad" coins but when the amount was revealed, it was stated that the bag contained 129 nickels.

Since when are nickels considered to be "clad" coins?

The term "clad" refers to the fact that the coins are made of a coper core sandwiched between two nickel-copper alloy pieces. That is not how nickels are constructed.

Mark
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[dave5710]

I think it all depends on your point of view Mark. The word clad means "clothed" so that didn't apply here. When someone refers to clad I always assume that they are talking about modern day coins. For example: "I found two dollars in clad and two silver rosies today." Apparently some people don't count cents as clad, and some don't count nickels as clad. Were those three one dollar coins Susan B.'s or were they Sac's or Presidential dollars? Susan B.'s are clad, but the newer ones aren't.

I think that the most important thing is that we were able to take part in a contest, free of charge, and had the chance to win something rather nice. It only cost us a wild guess. We'll get 'em next time.

Have you harvested that wheat yet?

Take care, Dave

 

[mwaynebennett]

When I was a kid in the early 1960s there were the remains of an old saw mill out in the woods near our summer home on the Toutle River. I believe the mill was abandoned in the 1950s. The area has since been logged again and I though I would go to the area where the mill used to be and poke around. Maybe I'll find wheat there.

Mark