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40% Silver or Clad Eisenhower Dollar

aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭
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If you have a 1974-S Eisenhower Dollar, then how can you tell if it's silver or clad?

Thanks,

Chris

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  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    look at the edge. Silver will be whitish, clad will be copper.

    The other way is to lay a paper towel over the coin. if I recall correctly a silver one will show the cameo and the clad will not.
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  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Look at the edge. If the edge is silver in color, then it is silver. By surfaces, the silver coins tend to have some tarnish on it and the luster is different than that of a clad.
  • ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    The silver version should weigh 24.59 grams, the other one should weigh 22.68 grams.
  • copperfancopperfan Posts: 803
    Cut it in half and look inside...image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Drop it and listen for the silver ring-a-ding... just kidding... what they said above... Cheers, RickO

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