This has the coating on every strand. I am going to try a pic. These are battery cables for the UPS unit. Even the attachment plates are made the same. I've never seen any wire like this before. Viewing the ends of the cables I can see that it is copper. I am not sure I communicated what I have very well. At least that's what the wifey says...... I hope this works. I don't seem to post directly from my computer. I uploaded the pics to a gallery on another site so we will see. [or not]