Post An Ike (Eisenhower Dollar)

Got this one today. This completes my set; this is one of the few non certified coins in my set. It looks a lot better in hand than in the pic; however, I am waiting on a MS65 to get here. By the way, ADCoinHunter sent me a great ms65 1971S silver for Secret Santa gift.

Jprine
Big Congratulations on finishing the set.

Terry

Jprine,

If I am not mistaken they designed all the 72-S Ike's
with the Peg Leg "R" Both Silver Business Strikes
and Silver Proofs a like. I thought the same thing
when I first saw that on a 72-S then I was informed
that yes it is a PegLeg "R" but the difference was
that it was a design PegLeg and not a PegLeg
due to die abrasion which are the rarer ones.
Now if you find a 72-S with serifs on the left
leg of the "R" that will be a Wow thing.
I think they did the design PegLeg "R" on the 76
with the Type 1 reverse also.

Congrats on the wins

JPrine,
I was looking around this morning and happened to remember
that Rob Ezerman of the Ike Group wrote an in depth piece
about Peg Leg Ikes that when I first started collecting Eisenhower's
really helped get my head wrapped around the differences in them

Here is the link to the Write up I hope this helps you as much as it helped me.
http://www.ikegroup.org/PLSURVEY.htm

Shavill,
Eisenhower's can still be found in banks though in my area
I seem to be just missing them the last few month's some one else
is getting them just before me. Some tellers know what they are and some do not. I just ask for
"Old Large Dollar Coins"
plus I carry a Morgan in my pocket to show them the size I am
looking for.

Appears to be etched both sides. Any ideas?

Fenton,

Very Cool find, especially the Eagles
As far as the 71-D if it looks like it has
the reflectivity of a proof (Which it does in the
photo) There is the distinct possibility that
you have a 1971-D Ike that was struck on a
proof planchet. there are known incidents
of proof planchets being mixed in with the
regular circulation planchets and being struck
with regular circulation production dies.
I have a few of them my self that are 1971-D
and even a couple that are 1972-D. They are very far and
few between to find them. I have no idea as far as a value
on them. But since the Eisenhower series is just at the very beginning
of hitting it's stride with collectors the proof planchet circulation
strikes do not leave my collection. For that matter I have not sold
any of my variety Ike's. I have even stopped spending beater ike's
and just store them because there are new variety discoveries
happening all the time. And about the time I spend or sell one
with my luck it would end up being a new variety specimen.
Just in the last couple of months I found the second known specimen's
of two new Ike varieties in the safe on the same day.
And with Rob Ezerman's New Eisenhower book coming out soon
I suspect things are going to pick up steam in the Ike world.

Terry

I meant congratulations on the American Silver Eagles on the wife finding them at the bank.
I read the other thread I could tell by the pictures they were
not Friendly Eagle Variety. Sorry for the misunderstanding

Terry