Please explain...

[spisswgt]

ok i know this probably sounds stupid but.. can someone explain all the terms you guys use on here? I know merc is probably a mercury dime and wheaty is a penny but what is clad? Just junk iron?

 

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[someotherdude]

everything from about 1965 and forward to 2008 in coinage is copper clad with another metal IE; zinc, nickle etc..

 

[spisswgt]

thanks that was buggin me cuz i couldnt understand what that meant.. hehe <--- total newbie at this

 

[someotherdude]

We all started out the same ! Dude

 

[Hellcat]

Ooo, okay, how 'bout this one - SKUNKED. My guess is something like a junk find......I dunno

 

[someotherdude]

Skunked means you found nuthin, nadda, zip, zero, Course all that is hypothetical since you almost always find something. Just what it is and what value you place on it is what determines if you count it or not.

 

[radarwill]

everything from about 1965 and forward to 2008 in coinage is copper clad with another metal IE; zinc, nickle etc..

Thats what clad means? I thought it referred to a gold coin with an IH on it.
Man, I've found plenty of them but kept quiet as I know most hate CLAD!