Post An Ike (Eisenhower Dollar)

Thanks for the posting David. Like most of us in this forum, I have been searching for a Prototype since my first days of IKE collecting, back in 2006.
Question for you: Are you the person that bought the blue pack on ebay, held it for a year(just thought it had a "nice" surface, yet, no knowledge of the Prototype), then, went into the IKE forum The IKE GROUP, asked a few questions, and, started your magnificent journey?
If I could afford to buy ALL the blue packs for sale on ebay, or, anywhere, I would, hunting for another specimen, alas, a few here, and a few there is what I do. When the coin "Gods" smile on us, we all "have our day", we all have our "Top" find of lifetime. Many were by luck, many were by hard work, and years of accumulating IKE knowledge. Many were from other's collections.
Now I have a fever...not the H1N1 flu virus, but, a new strain called "Prototype Influenza", a strong virus originated they believe in San Francisco, with the first known case from 1971.
The disease spreads very quickly, by word of mouth, and, unlike any other virus, via forums and photographs. The infectious period, sadly, is an entire lifetime, rendering the patient unable to do much of anything except hunt for the Parent Coin. Side effects include mumbling, sweating, loss of concentration, insomnia, headache, and, weight loss due to a lack of appetite.
A RARE virus, with only 3 known cases documented. The Disease and Control Center, in Atlanta says 2020 may be an exceptionally bad year, due to the publication of a new case coming to light.
Stay tuned.

Well that clears that up. Thanks for posting.

The belief among those who specialize in Eisenhower dollars is that this is at least a SP-68. However, PCGS chose to grade it a "67", which makes no sense to me.

Each was individually hand-struck to Gasparro's personal specifications to check striking pressure so, by defination, each of the three prototype's are fully struck.

Then combine that with my example's essentially flawless surface, and you could almost put any grade on it.

Regardless, the importance of this future icon overshadows any numerical grade, and it is not about trying to beat another example via a point system.

SP-67 is certainly fine with me (and there are none graded higher in the huge universe of three prototypes)!



David

It looks like PCGS has graded 6 in total. I don't know if any have been certified by NGC.

I would also(prefer to find my own, but...) LOVE to acquire one!!
Has the opposite "Mule" ever been located: 1971-S Business Strike(Denver, Philadelphia CLAD, or San Francisco 40% Silver), with a Type II reverse?
Pretty much why I loupe out every IKE I get my hands on...one never knows what surprises lay in the next pile.

Thank You for Sharing! It is tough to figure out what the graders are thinking at PCGS sometimes. They really are all over the place. I'm hoping one day Computer grading will take over and there will be no more I was tired the day I saw that coin. I understand they look at the coins for about 20 seconds and determine a grade. This has to be tiring.

That is absolutely stunning, Darth, and I cannot believe the quality of your work.

Ironically, the prototype is housed in the new larger PCGS "Rarities" holder and, once I get it back, I will e-mail you images of it.

I would love to have quality images of it in that new holder, and your work is beautiful and just stunning!

Thank you!

David