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It's hard to get excited about close date SBA.
only worth 12 to 35X face---
$5 in saved halves produce more than my last 10 boxes
the '76-S is a silver, not silver clad
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my SBA close date inventory went from 3 to 5 last night---- glad nobody is pullin' 'em from circulation
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All 1976S halves are either cupro-nickel or silver clad. No 90% halves were minted that year.
I know that PEA and UaT both know this, but for anyone thrown by UaT's comment . . .
Explanation of cupro-nickel clad:
The US nickel is a cupro-nickel alloy (75% Cu and 25% Ni).
Current common Halves, Quarters, and Dimes have an internal layer of pure copper with two cupro-nickel outer layers (same 75/25 alloy as the 5cent'er). Most here know these as clads.
Explanation of Silver clad:
Most us silver coins were an alloy of 90% silver and 10% copper (90%'ers).
1965-1970 Kennedy halves (and some 1976S commemoratives) were made from an 80/20 Ag/Cu internal layer with two 80/20 Cu/Ag outer layers (actually 79/21, but close enough). Those were often called clads back in the day (not to be confused with common clads which have no Ag).