Congress directed the Mint to strike 45,000,000 silver clad coins (that is, 15,000,000 sets), and the Mint received the requested authority to strike coins at West Point.
Copper-nickel clad Bicentennial coins were placed in both the 1975 and 1976 proof sets, while their silver clad counterparts were sold in three coin sets.
Only one in every 100,000 clad or silver-clad pieces was put aside for the Assay Commission, and only one in every 200,000 dimes.
Alison Goldfrapp and her silver-clad backing band arrive onstage through the centre of a giant silver doughnut whose holeyness immediately sets the mind racing.
The silver-clad sextet come and go again; the central quartet perform a cappella: "Where are you going after the show?
Last year's Dark Horse sees silver-clad centaurs prance across a stage which appears to turn into a 3D chess board.
A moshpit breaks out in the crowd, led giddily by a silver-clad Florence of Florence and the Machine, tonight's opening act.
For Inside a Dream, some silver-clad dancers come on stage, also helmeted, looking a little like a Venusian luge team.
At the top of the charts is the Compaq iPaq 3600, a silver-clad beauty whose bright, beautiful screen helps explain why this model is perpetually out of stock.
"I go shopping at Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel right after Christmas, when everything goes on sale," she said, looking with satisfaction at her silver-clad Passover table, set weeks ago for the first Seder.
