silver-clad Term to indicate a Kennedy half dollar struck from 1965 to 1970, whose overall content is 40 percent silver and 60 percent copper.
Silver-clad
A coin whose overall metal makeup is 40% silver and 60% copper. Kennedy half dollars (struck from 1965 until 1970) are silver-clad halves.
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Silver-clad is not the same as pure silver, but it's worth noting that all US coins since 1965 have been clad, and many of them, especially the new statehood quarters, are valuable.
From 1965-1970 Kennedy half dollars were changed to silver-clad, with the silver content lowered to 40%.
These "silver-clad" pieces were coined from 1965 through 1970. Despite these various steps, Kennedy half dollars still failed to circulate to any great extent, and the question of eliminating its silver content altogether was eventually raised.
A small quantity of silver-clad dollars were made at the Denver Mint in error and may be found dated 1974-D, 1976-D or 1977-D.
The bill also authorized the coining of up to 150 million silver-clad coins for collectors that would be made similar to the half dollar produced from 1965-1969 which was two layers.
Sold in 3-piece Bicentennial sets along with the Silver Clad Washington Quarters and Silver-Clad Eisenhower Dollars. Mintages are approximate - 11,000,000 sets were struck and sold until 1982, when sales were halted.
The bill called for a circulating coin made from the same metal content (copper and nickel) used in the clad dimes and quarters. The bill also authorized the coining of up to 150 million silver-clad coins for collectors that would be similar to the ...
1965, it reached a compromise with the half dollar: Its silver content, while greatly reduced overall, was placed almost entirely at the coin's surface by bonding three strips of metal, the innermost one being primarily copper. These silver-clad ...
The Kennedy half-dollar design, however, was minted in a silver-clad composition in 1965-1970. Some treasury pundits have referred to the coin as the "fitty", mostly as a dismissive term reflecting the lack of usage in today's currency.
Up until 1964, it was minted out of silver and copper. In 1965, the transition to clad coinage began and the mintmark was moved to the obverse in 1968; some special issues were struck in silver-clad.
 See also: Clad, Silver, Quarter, Revers, Reverse
  
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