The last major variety is the Type 3 Eisenhower dollar which also features a high relief strike. This variety is also found on a very few copper-clad Ike dollars in 1972 - and this is an extremely rare and valuable variety! This variety was used in most proof dollar coins of 1971 and all silver dollars of 1972. Usually the islands appear to lump into one very large island or indentation where the islands would normally appear on the coin. The Type 2 dollar features a higher relief and rounder earth - but the islands are very indistinct. This variety is of lower relief and was used in most copper-clad and uncirculated silver dollars of 1971 and most copper-clad 1972 dollars. The Type 1 dollar features three islands off the coast of Florida - All of them are east of the eastern edge of the Gulf of Mexico (or western edge of Florida). The varieties of this year largely deal with the styling of the depiction of earth on the reverse of the coin and the differences are very subtle - but easy to distinguish. One major variety is the 1972 Type 1 Eisenhower 'Ike' Dollar - also known as Variety 1.

While proof Eisenhower dollars are extremely common, pre-Bicentennial deep cameo proofs are not and generally sell for multiples of standard proof Ike dollars.What This Coin Looks Like (Obverse, Reverse, Mint Mark Location, Special Features, etc.): All 40% silver proof are Variety I specimens.įollowing the Bicentennial program, the coin?s regular reverse design featuring the Apollo 11 insignia returned in 1977, though the 40% silver proofs did not.

These include the Variety I featuring a bold, san-serif font on the reverse inscriptions and the Variety II, which features finer inscriptions with serifs. There are two basic varieties known among 1776-1976 copper-nickel clad proofs. In 19, the United States Mint honored the nation?s 200th birthday with special bicentennial Eisenhower dollars featuring a dual-dated 1776-1976 feature on the obverse and a special reverse design showing the Liberty Bell superimposed on the moon. In 1973, the United States Mint began packaging copper-nickel versions of the coin in standard annual proof sets, though continued offering 40% silver proofs on an individual basis. While all regular-issue Eisenhower dollars were made with copper-nickel clad, in 19, all proofs were struck as 40% silver numismatic specimens that were sold individually in brown-colored boxes. Proof Eisenhower dollars were minted from 1971 through 1978, which is the duration of the series.

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