Beach clad

[Bottle Cap]

Hello is the clad i find on the beach still worth the face value even if the silver coating is gone?

 

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[Ace350]

Yes it is!
You may have to hand scrub them if they are really crusted up so they are recognizable.

 

[Sir Gala Clad]

Good question as it applies to all clad coins, including the copper clad penny.

As the found coin is legal tender, you should be able to get face value. I don't know if the US Government will back it's currency(s) and redeem worn/unsightly coins if turned in. If so, please tell me where as I have a bucket of zincos, aka stinken Lincolns (copper clad pennies) for them.

Even though the coins are legal tender, it has been my experience that many employees will not take them as payment at the cash register, even after cleaning.
Many treasure hunters feed their cleaned coins into a Coin Star Machine. Sometimes without cost if at a grocery store which will give them a credit to purchase groceries, some will credit your credit card.

Most likely, the Coin Star machine will deduct their cut, around a 10% processing fee. If you are willing to pay this high of a fee (what a rip off), you should do it periodically as it takes a lot of time to feed this no fun armless bandit.

 

[Bottle Cap]

Thanks for the replies, some of them are so bad that you cant tell the dates and they are clean. I guess i will try and put them through the coin star.

 

[Sir Gala Clad]

As long as the coins are clean and the demonization can be determined they are legal tender and should be accepted. They are a fiat currency, whose value is based on faith in the country which issued them and not on their condition. By law they are legal tender and have to be accepted in exchange for items purchased.

In the case of the copper clad zinc penny, it may not even be worth the effort to clean them as they corrode badly, and are of little value. Take care with the ones you find - they are a health hazard to young children who may swallow one the edges can be sharp/jagged.

 

[sandnut]

I never clean coins just drop in coinstar and go.

 

[cudamark]

Some of the crusty ones I find won't go through a CoinStar! I just tumble them and spend them wherever I can. Some of the Zincolns missing sections won't fly anywhere. The real bad ones like that are donated to charity. They have a bank that will accept them and give them full credit. What the bank does with them after that? Who knows? Maybe they can get them redeemed for new ones at the mint like what they do with paper money?