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The actual term is "clad" rather than "layered". Clad coinage of dimes and quarters started in 1965 when silver became too expensive to use in coins.

Half dollars were struck in clad silver from 1965 to 1969, but by 1971 they too were made out of copper-nickel like the smaller coins.

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