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Hello, my coin friends. I found a pretty good deal recently on a Dansco Eisenhower dollar album. However, the one interesting thing is the fact that the album itself does not include proofs. I am trying to conclude whether the regular, business strike-type coins in the Eisenhower dollar series have any actual silver coins, as I seem to be seeing conflicting information. It would probably be cheaper/easier overall trying to assemble a set of non-proof Ikes. Are the non-proof Ike dollars all clad, or do they have some silver issues as well? Also, are there any proofs that are just completely clad with no silver content? Edited by Humanist1287
11/13/2024 05:28 am
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"I am trying to conclude whether the regular, business strike-type coins in the Eisenhower dollar series have any actual silver coins, as I seem to be seeing conflicting information." Business strikes were clad. There were both clad and 40% silver collectors coins. All listed at the bottom here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_dollar |
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U.S. Coin Facts,left of page. John1  |
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Quote:I am trying to conclude whether the regular, business strike-type coins in the Eisenhower dollar series have any actual silver coins The 40% silver Eisenhower dollars were minted in San Francisco from 1971 to 1976 in both a business strike and proof. Please note that there were no 1975 dated Ikes.
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Jbuck, just curious: would Eisenhower collectors agree that a basic circulation set of Ike dollars includes only cupronickel clad Philadelphia and Denver coins? Is there a flavor of Ike set that includes the silver San Francisco "collectors" business strikes but not the San Francisco cupronickel and silver proofs? |
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Quote:Jbuck, just curious: would Eisenhower collectors agree that a basic circulation set of Ike dollars includes only cupronickel clad Philadelphia and Denver coins? Probably for a folder or a custom album. As far as I know, all albums include the 40% business strikes. Quote:
Is there a flavor of Ike set that includes the silver San Francisco "collectors" business strikes but not the San Francisco cupronickel and silver proofs? Yes, the Dansco 7176 album is an example. I believe that is what the OP has. Here is a comparison topic for 7176 versus 8176. http://goccf.com/t/270077
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Ok, good to know, thanks.
Interesting that neither of those albums breaks out the 1972 Type 1/2/3 reverses.
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Any reason why non-silver clad proofs exist (1973, 1974)? Also, why not proof silver Type I/II?
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Interesting that neither of those albums breaks out the 1972 Type 1/2/3 reverses. They were not discovered until well after the layout was established. For what it is worth, the extra holes at the end allow a place for the other two.
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Any reason why non-silver clad proofs exist (1973, 1974)? They finally made room for them in the annual proof sets.  Quote:
Also, why not proof silver Type I/II? They were all minted in 1975 along with the original reverse clad strikes. When they updated the reverse in 1976, they already had plenty of silver Ikes on hand to satisfy demand. Actually, too much. The sets were still available for sale many years later.
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Allow me to add some additional information and imagery. The 1971-1974 40% silver business strike Ikes were shipped in flat packs with blue envelopes. For this reason, they are referred to as Blue Ikes.  Image: Dearborn |
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The 1971-1974 40% silver proof Ikes were sold in a rectangular plastic lenses (same size as the proof sets of the time) inside brown boxes. They are referred to as Brown Ikes.  Image: Dearborn |
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The 1976 the 40% silver Ikes were sold in three-coin bicentennial sets—along with the quarter and half dollar. The uncirculated set was in a flat pack inside a red envelope.  Image: CCF |
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The proof coins were put into individual lenses and came with a nice holder.  Image: jbuck Image: Nickels_rule |
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They finally made room for them in the annual proof sets. The US Mint could have included the silver proofs in those sets. No reason to specifically strike base metal coins for those sets.
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The US Mint could have included the silver proofs in those sets. No reason to specifically strike base metal coins for those sets. Annual proof sets generally are proof versions of circulating coinage. The circulating Ike dollar was Copper nickel.
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