| Author |
 Replies: 16 / Views: 3,171 |
Page 2 of 2
|
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
There were many US coins made of silver until 1964. Those coins since 1964 have a copper core(the edge you see is the core)then other metal alloys are laid on top of the core. These coins are called "clad" coins. Some of them are clad with silver alloys. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
yes it is normal. but hey, we learn
|
|
Moderator
 Australia
16837 Posts |
If you look at the edge of any post-1964 American "silver" coin (dime, quarter, half, or dollar) you'll see the same effect. American coins are almost unique in demonstrating this "layering" on the edge.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
 This is not a "Silver" Ike dollar......just a regular "Copper-Nickel clad" Ike dollar, of which there are many. It's not a "fake". These are common. There were many "silver" Ikes minted too, however.....but this isn't one them. The Eisenhower dollar coin was minted from 1971-1978 ...and minted in Philadelphia, Denver, and San Fransisco. Silver years are these:
1971 S
1972 S
1973 S
1974 S
1976 (Variety 2 & 1)These (Copper-Nickel clad) are affordable in any grade.......$1.50-$2.00 in the lower grades...$5.00-$6.00 in MS grades. Edited by eaglefoot
01/22/2010 09:03 am
|
|
Rest in Peace
United States
3039 Posts |
There is no naive question if you don't know the answer. Ask away. CCF members are glad to help.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3640 Posts |
If I never saw a U.S. coin before I would think it looked odd.
Never seen any foreign clad coins either. I never liked clading.
I bet it would be more cost efficient to drop the clad construction
and use the best alloy mix that would work. Would look a lot better also. Would make silver roll picking a lot more work though :)
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
I wonder why the 1990 S Prestige Set with the Eisenhower dollar never did well ? ...  Only 506,126 Minted.....but just not very popular or very valuable. In fact.... issue price was $45.00.......Redbook '08 lists current value at only $28.00 .... Shame....... |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Quote:
Silver years are these:
1971 S
1972 S
1973 S
1974 S
1976 (Variety 2 & 1) The 73 S and 74 S come as both silver or CuNi clad, the silver 1976 is also an S mint. The 76 S can come as either silver or CuNi clad, and the silver version ONLY comes as Variety 1. |
|
Valued Member
United States
297 Posts |
|
|
Valued Member
United States
327 Posts |
A lot of collectors here consider the Ike (Eisenhower)Dollar to be an "ugly" coin, but I've never really considered them to be such.
Better grade Ikes are nice; many Ikes spent their circulation careers going through slot machines.
|
|
Moderator
United States
188770 Posts |
Quote:
... but I've never really considered them to be such.  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1882 Posts |
jbuck's never seen an Ike he didn't like. :)
|
|
Valued Member
United States
436 Posts |
|
|
Valued Member
United States
58 Posts |
No matter how simple the question is, somebody here on CCF is happy to answer. I have learned tons just in the small amount of time I have been on this forum.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
245 Posts |
I have both a high end un-circulated set of proofs and MS grade coins in a Dansco album and a registry set that is fairly high end and I think the Ike dollar is a really beautiful coin. My Proof coins all PCGS PR69 Deep Cam and ranks tied for 27Th spot out of 401 sets and my Ike MS set is at 64Th out of 371 sets on the NGC registry board. The Ike dollar can really get expensive in the MS grades for the early P's and D's. |
|
Page 2 of 2
|
Replies: 16 / Views: 3,171 |
Page 2 of 2
|
First Page
Posted 01/22/2010 07:43 am
