beeeep
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do you guys find alot of clad quarters that are toned pink? i think they're pretty
The current clad version is nickel plated copper (8.33% Ni with the remainder Cu). The nickel reacts with soil acids, fertilizers etc. RickO
They could turn pink or orange form the soil conditions.
yeah the ones i found were in the same spot and they werent rust or red, they were a metalic almost neon pink
Did you find them near pine trees or in the pine needles?
I have found pinkish <-- is that a word? Anyway, I have found them under pine trees.
RickO, so most of the coin is copper? When you say plated I assume the silver surface is only molecules thick. This must be why clad dimes are so easy to find. Almost as easy as clad quarters - all that copper in the middle.
I always pictured a true layering of metal like plywood. I used to think they mashed the silver (nickel) against the copper in big sheets and then punched out the slugs. Never occurred to me they plated copper slugs on the front and back.
Thanks, Jennings