Post An Ike (Eisenhower Dollar)

I am afraid that this website is too poorly designed and cumbersome for me to use. I will thus start following Ikes back on the PCGS forum, which is much easier to use. Best to all!

There's about 1200 posts a day, can't be that hard.

Don't run off too soon, Prototype. This thread alone is perhaps the best resource on any forum for discussing and showcasing Ikes. With that said, here are my latest two Ikes, and, man oh man, are they awesome!

First is an exquisitely toned 1971-S. I call it "Cloudy Day," but "Troubled Skies" may suit it just as well. It comes with a TrueView™ image, and Phil decided to shoot it to produce a bright field appearance. In this case, axial lighting is used in such a way as to produce bright devices against a bright field. I love the result of this approach, although I haven't tried it yet myself. It graded 67 without a cameo designation, no doubt due to the toning obscuring this. We all know the silver proof Ikes have some degree of cameo contrast.

I took my own close-up shots to create a composite slab image, but my setup "sees" slight cameo contrast with dark fields. The color is more gray-blue- almost purple in some areas. The coin does look like its TV image in-hand, but only in direct light, and it's hard to look at for more than a second or two, ya know? This is why I prefer TrueView™ images to be be direct light glamour shots- so I can look at the coin this way without going blind.




Composite image with my own obverse/reverse shots. Other than a direct light view, this is its in-hand appearance.



Next up is a variety that I didn't even know existed on a 1973-S silver proof - a Tripled Die Obverse! The seller I purchased this from said he sent it in with a batch to be designated as a DDO FS-101, but PCGS disagreed with him. Instead, they correctly attributed this as a TDO. Check out the close-up of IGWT.





OK, one last thing, guys. I don't normally post ahead of time on acquisitions, but I may have scored another 1971-D proof planchet Ike. In the past I purchased what I thought was one from this same seller, but it turned out to be just an apparent lighting effect, I suppose. However, this current one seems much more promising. It looks super brilliant (or super sparkly, as I like to say) with smooth, glossy devices. I don't see any annealing drum chatter either. Looking at the date gives me the impression of a mirror effect on the obverse. This one just has that look. What do you guys think? I'll post an update once I have it in-hand. Stay tuned....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-D-PCG....m2749.l2649

@darth


So the professional True View is "semi-True View?"

Personally I like yours better anyway. I would hate to get a picture of the coin thinking it was the one in the professional picture and in hand having it appear like it does with the accurate picture. (your professional pic).

Good score on the TDO - nice close-ups!

Wow... those are tremendous Ikes, Darth. Love the toning... and a triple die... @jbuck, have room in your mahogany holder for that one? I think I may have to get two of them (holders).

Here's a new one for jbuck's viewing pleasure...

1971-D Ike, double clipped planchet at K5 & K11

Paralyze!

Amazing coin!