Post An Ike (Eisenhower Dollar)

Pretty sad if they just cannot take a coin for what it is. Have to wonder what they have against Ikes?

First of all Yotie, Very Nice 76 Ike
Thank You for sharing that.

As far as the third party grading thing on Charles 76 Ike he submitted.
part of it is Mach1 is correct. Eisenhower dollars in general have in the past has been one of the
Red Headed Step Children of the Coin World here in the U.S. Thankfully due to the efforts of groups like the Ike Group,
and writers like Charles. And Fanatical Ike Lovers Like Jbuck and many others.this is slowly beginning to change.
I have witnessed this personally over the years.
It took years for the grading services to even recognize
a completely unique Eisenhower reverse with no less
than 11 naked eye pick up points. The 1971 D FEV
Yet the Wisconsin High and Low Leaf Quarters were recognized
by them in the same year as their release. Thankfully they
have come around on the FEV. Through no small effort
THANK YOU, You know who you are

Also there is Technical Grading and Market Grading, taking the time to learn the aspects of both would definitely serve coin collectors well.
If they get to the point in their collecting that they begin to submit coins to third party grading services.
A good topic for a coin article?
Without stirring up too much of a hornets nest I truly hope.
I will say that certain series of coins and some rarer coins
are we will say forgiven a little bit by the grading services.

Eisenhower's are just beginning to gain understanding on just how rare they are in higher grade condition. hopefully this leads to some
understanding how truly rare some of the varieties are.

One small example is the 1974 S 40% Silver Silver Proof Micro S.
A one die coin. Average life span of an Eisenhower Proof Die,
10,000 coins. Then it is discovered that the same die was the die
that minted the 1974 S Copper Nickel Proof Micro S.
making the mintage of both coins a total mintage of roughly 10,000
Talk about two rare, low mintage coins. Yet not a peep. It's all good
it gives me more time to find more specimens.

And if Charles photos are what the Ike looks like in hand
Then I will just say I have seen MS70 American Silver Eagles
that do not look as good as his 76 Ike.
The reason I choose the Eagle for comparison is similar
size coin with roughly similar open areas of field.

And please remember all of this is just my humble opinion.
Until shown evidence to the contrary.

Hi, we are over the pond (British) and visit the US once a year. I read this every once in a while and re the view that Ikes are not good - my 11 year old son (the coin collector) LOVES Ikes, last visit in August we got about 60 (nothing great) and I wanted to cull some, but not allowed because they are "proper coins". So we had all these Ikes in our hand luggage - and as you know they are heavy! Still looking out for a type 2!

Look at any letter of those, and you can see the the whole font is different.

Bolder lettering and Pointed A's M's and N's on the type I versus thinner lettering on the type II.

This is why I read this forum! I was aware that there were several types on the non-Centennial Ike, but not that there were different types on the Centennial one. Back to the coins - good job I wasn't allowed to cull them! Anything else that we should look for? A good summary would greatly help us newbies. Thanks.

Nice contributions, yotie, and a great assessment, stewart

nice ike