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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Interesting thing happened today. Someone offered to sell me a 1975 silver dollar. Now I know that there are no silver dollars that were minted with that date, could he be referring to some sort of commemorative or error coin that was made that year?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Did he say what country the silver dollar was from?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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US, Hence being in the Modern US forum ;)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Definitely not an Ike because to my knowledge none were minted with that date....hmmm....let me think about this...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No commemoratives were issued between the 1950s and 1982 and there is no way it can be an error with a wrong date. Possibly the person was confused with the bicentennial coins that were issued in 1975 and 1976 or it is just a Chinese fantasy piece...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yeah, those guys can make anything. I might just have them make me a nice Roman coin with the date 199 BC on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Technically isn't a 1976 type 1 Ike a 1975?  |
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 United States
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Technically, yes; since all them were minted in 1975. Also, all 1776-1976 dated 40% silver Eisenhower dollars are Type 1, so they are all technically 1975 as well.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well back in the day when I was younger, a lot younger, I always heard the Ikes referred to as "silver" dollars. Could this be what was offered to you?
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New Member
United States
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 With Tim, it could just be a regional thing, many people around these parts call any Ike a "silver dollar", my feeling is it translates to "big 'ole coin". |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could this be what was offered to you? But there aren't any Ike dollars with a 1975 date on them...not even of the clad (non-silver) type. Edited by steve199
01/08/2009 5:10 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It could possibly be a Franklin Mint issued item
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Posted 01/08/2009 4:28 pm
