Eisenhower Dollar Man Golfing on the Moon Found after 40 yrs

I agree with barry g's post.

I looked at my 71 silver proof, and sure enough, he's there! Crazy.

I see a slight texture of the coin surface that creates a faint raised ridge on the coin. Calling it a "golfer" is "marketing". Was it deliberate? Highly unlikely.

Very interesting. It is something that I am definitely going to look for on mine.

Hm. I must admit to never having heard of this particular nugget of Ike-dollar lore before now. From the pictures, it sure does look like a tiny little golfer - I'll definitely be looking at my Proof Ikes tonight to see if I can spot him.

Things like this really make me realize how much effort some folks put into researching things like this - I've spent a lot of time admiring my Ikes, but I'd have never ever noticed this on my own in a million years. My eyesight is getting worse with age, and that doesn't help.

DVCollector Said:



I could not agree with you more when it comes to varieties
Your comments were not taken to be facetious. But as a collector who was burned in this area before And the fact that you took the time to make comments is appreciated.

As mentioned above this is not believed to be a Variety or Error

Quote from one of my previous posts:




Brian Vaille,The person that discovered this has known and studied this for about a year now. And is one of the most prolific discover of Third Party Grader Attributed Varieties in the Eisenhower Dollar Series. This was not done quickly or in haste by no means.
It is just the first time it has been mentioned outside of the Ike Group.

As far as "Gasparro's Mischief" it is just something that is well known amongst Ike collectors, Specific incident that comes to mind is when his original 1971 Eisenhower was minted, Politicians of the day felt that the Eagle on the reverse looked too fierce given that the cold war was going on and he was not happy when they made him tone it down by flattening the Flared Breast Feathers and take the fierce looking ridge above the eye off, leading to the Friendly Eagle Variety. On that Variety he did put what some call a Re-entry Vehicle in the shape of the contrail on nasa patches of the day at roughly the 10:00 position of the earth. That is strangely enough quite quickly worn on the dies also, And only visible on earlier die state 1971 RDV-006 FEV (Friendly Eagle Varieties)

One other earlier bit of rebellion of Gasparro''s is on the Lincoln Cent Reverse.His original design included the words "Lincoln Memorial" and 13 stars around the rim of the coin, which he removed at the request of staff at the Mint. Despite the complaints of his superiors, the design retained his initials to the right of the monument as well as the image of Lincoln seated in the monument, making it the first American coin to have the same likeness on both sides of the coin.


ljenkins990 Said:



Nobody has the people on this forum are some of the first people in all of Numismatics to learn about this outside of the Ike Group.


ljenkins990 Said:



You are Absolutely Right the shear amount of time spent studying this series of coin staggering.

barryg,
I completely understand your position on this and you are not alone in the least
Ever feel like the only nut in the bowl. That's Me
This hobby is anything but boring

Here are a couple of shots of a 1971 S Ike Proof that I was able to shoot for the people that did not check out the link to the thread mentioned earlier.

I'm happy you took my comments in the spirit they were intended--and that we're having a friendly discussion--that's something I enjoy about CCF.