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XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 02/18/2008 2:59 pm i heard that in 74 and 77 some ikes were made in denver on silver planchets by mistake, I checked on ebay and couldnt find them does any one know what these retail for? Report this Post to the Staff

SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 02/18/2008 3:37 pm XOG, This would be impossible without criminal collusion from mint employees at the San Francisco and Denver mints. This type error would be impossible to "naturally" happen for these reasons: - No silver $ planchets at the Denver mint ... they were only in SF - Proof and Circulation mintings are done on different presses, in different rooms. An employee at the Denver mint would have needed help from an employee at the SF mint to obtain the planchets and then illegally used them for circulation pieces struck at Denver. A criminal act that subjects the pieces for immediate seizure by the Treasury. Report this Post to the Staff
Southern Yankee Pillar of the Community United States 891 Posts	Posted 02/18/2008 4:52 pm The Authoritative Reference on Eisenhower dollars Second Edition states that it did happen. By John Wexler, Bill Crawford and Kevin Flynn. They call them transitional planchet errors. They were struck in 1974, 1976 and 1977 at the Denver mint. Rejected copper-nickel proof planchets were sent to Philadelphia or Denver to be used as business strikes. Somehow some of the rejected silver-clad planchets got mixed in with the rejected copper-nickel planchets and sent to Denver. This happened for each of these years. Since there were no silver proofs in 1977 they think they were left over from 1976. They estimate 10-30 for each of these years. Report this Post to the Staff
Southern Yankee Pillar of the Community United States 891 Posts	Posted 02/18/2008 4:54 pm Forgot to state the 1976D had both type 2 obverse and reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 02/18/2008 5:26 pm Ya learn sumthin' new here everyday! Using the famous words of Emily Latella ... "Never Mind". Report this Post to the Staff
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