It's still a good token, Bennie. However, the bidders should know it's not "solid" silver. The sterling ones are .925 fine silver. The silver clad ones contain less silver, but in my opinion, are probably worth as much or more to the token collector as you can't get these from the FM collector sets. They are a different variety.
The clad tokens were made the way the US silver half dollars were made in 1967 - 1969. It's not a plating process, but one where sheets of silver are actually rolled over a base material. The halves came out 40% silver. That may be about right for the FM token as well but I've never seen an assay.
Good Luck with the auction!
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