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BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19951 Posts	Posted 12/23/2010 11:40 pm WOW! Very cool! Nice score! Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
RollHunter Pillar of the Community United States 687 Posts	Posted 12/24/2010 03:15 am Quote: I'm perplexed by the Ike there was no proof D Ike in 1971 yet this coin shows fairly remarkable reflectivity and original cartwheel luster perhaps it was one of the first struck? I'm an Ike novice but I think it might be one heck of a find Didn't they ship left over and imperfect proof planchets to Denver back then? I seem to recall reading that somewhere. I somewhat recently scored a 450+ stash of Ikes and there were a number of "shiny D's" in there - I assumed they were common finds like they are for halves. Report this Post to the Staff
fenton Pillar of the Community United States 4989 Posts	Posted 12/24/2010 07:46 am Yes a fairly large, 500k, number of friendly eagle variety 1971-d ikes were struck on proof planchets. Mine however is not a friendly eagle so the question is how many regular dies were struck on those planchets? Report this Post to the Staff
RollHunter Pillar of the Community United States 687 Posts	Posted 12/24/2010 10:18 am You're sure all the FEVs were on proof planchets? Why would that be? I found three in that stash and I don't remember them being proof-life. I'll have to go dig them out now and check - now you've got me curious! Report this Post to the Staff
fenton Pillar of the Community United States 4989 Posts	Posted 12/24/2010 10:33 am Actually good point further research shows only 5-10% of the FEV's, similar to the general population, were struck on proof planchets. So I guess I have proof planchet Ike which makes it a bit more rare but other than that nothing super special. Oh well on to the next coin :) Report this Post to the Staff
Shavill Valued Member United States 139 Posts	Posted 12/24/2010 5:27 pm I don't know if its people being dumb, its just the fact that "coin collecting" is not on everyone's mind. Most people wouldn't think that something that says 1 dollar is going to be worth more than that. Thats my opinion, I didn't really think so till I started researching myself. Report this Post to the Staff
fenton Pillar of the Community United States 4989 Posts	Posted 12/24/2010 7:19 pm Who knows if silver values crash it may again be worth $1. And I would be very rich since I'm shorting silver stocks right now :) Report this Post to the Staff
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