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[boojagirl]

How do you know if a coin is a merc? What is clad exactly and why is it called that?

 

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[Stormtrooper154]

How do you know if a coin is a merc? What is clad exactly and why is it called that?

Here is the "Mercury or Winged Liberty" or "Merc on T-Net" Design Dime from 1916 - 1945

And clad is any Dime, Quarter, Half Dollar, and Dollar coins made after the Coinage act of 1965. They did away with 90% silver coins in these denominations and replaced it with a inner core of copper, with outer layers of a silver-colored nickel-copper alloy.

 

[teverly]

If you get the chance look at the edges of both coins.You can see the difference in composition..
And when you drop silver has a high pitched ring....the clad is dull sounding

 

[artemis moon]

When you find a Merc., you will know..IMO, it's one of the prettiest coins ever made in the U.S., and because it's silver, it will gleam in the bottom of the hole..there's no mistaking it Good luck!