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Question About 1973-S Ike

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I recently read an article about a 1973-S IKE, it is:

Both Lydston's and Wrublewski's coins were struck on copper-nickel clad planchets (outer layers of 75 percent copper, 25 percent nickel, bonded to a core of pure copper), of the kind used for circulation strikes. The coin should have been struck on a silver-copper planchet (80 percent silver, 20 percent copper, bonded to a core of 21.5 percent silver 78.5 percent copper), the sole composition used for collector Uncirculated and Proof versions in 1973.

The weights of both error coins are near the standard 22.68-gram weight of the copper-nickel clad coins instead of the 24.59-gram weight for the silver planchets.

The edges of both Lydston's and Wrublewski's coins exhibit the exposed copper core, instead of the silver edge of the silver coins.

I currently have a 1973-S IKE that weighs 22.4grams. And the edge is about 90% copper. Could this be one also? It is a proof.



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11/24/2012 01:16 am
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the silver Ikes from the 70s were only 40% silver. Also it doesn't sound like an error it just sounds like the normal copper nickel clad proof coin.
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Look no further than here. 1973-S copper-nickel clad Proof = 2,760,339 mintage, 1973-S 40% Silver Proof = 1,013,646 mintage.

The copper-nickel clad 1973-S Proof was included in the 1973 Proof Set, and the 40% Silver 1973-S Proof was sold as an individual coin (in what is now called "Brown Ike" packaging).

The confusion arises from the fact that the 1971-S and 1972-S Proof Ikes are all 40% Silver, and were sold individually. The 1971 and 1972 Proof Sets do not have an Eisenhower dollar, but the 1973 and 1974 Proof Sets include clad Proof Ikes.

The 1971-74 S Uncirculated Ikes are all 40% Silver, and came in the "Blue Ike" envelopes.
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Ok, thanks. I have a normal IKE. Good to know.
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What made the Lydston's and Wrublewski coins special is that they were business strike quality. ALL of the business strike quality 1973-S Ikes were supposed to be 40% silver clad. The 1973-S proof coins come both ways coppernickel clad and 40% silver clad. The two known coppernickel clad business strikes are important errors. One was found in standard blue Ike packaging, the other surprisingly was found in a group of circulation coins obtained at a bank.
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