1974 D Eisenhower dollar silver?

This says there are 1974 D 40% silver http://coinancials.com/CoinImages/Ike_dollars_bydate/1974-d.html#.XL87pbcpA0M

 

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Hi
Imho,Yes, I’m sure it could be possible but you have to have it tested and graded.

 

thank you for the information!

 

I've handled numerous 1974-D and 1977-D
40% silver Ike Dollars, starting back in the
mid-70's, when they were first discovered.

I bought a good number of them from a
Las Vegas Casino employee who had access
to the Mint Sewn Bags the Casinos were getting
of Ike dollars, to be used in their slot machines, etc.

The OP's coin is NOT a 40% silver Ike.

But, it appears he'll have to pay the submission
fees, etc. to find that out. Please report back
to us when you get the coin back from PCGS,
NGC, or ANACS

 

What gives it away that it isn't? Thank you for the info

 

The surfaces on both sides of the coin,
in all of the photos, show a clad surface.

The 40% silver Ikes, in either Proof or BU,
look like 90% silver coins, for comparison,
not close to clad surface coins.

 

The 74-D silver Ike is a very rare error coin. Weigh your coin. 24.58 grams. Surface is 80% silver, center is 20% silver on the silver Ike planchets.

 

Paddy I did read your post and got the joke.
As for the OP coin, you'll have to weigh it on a very precise scale.
If Fred can tell by looking at it, your scale seems to be off.

 

There is a weight tolerance, so it's
possible the weight is correct, or
very close to what was posted.

That doesn't change the fact that the
coin is not silver - 'clad surfaces' are
clearly visible from the photos.

 

Do the 40%ers show copper on the edge? Let us see the edge, @Daulton

 

40% silver halves show a reddish 'tint' on the edge,
but not Silver Ikes, as far as I can recall. (layers are different)

If they do, it's a slight reddish/copper tint, and nothing
that would be confusing with a normal clad edge on an
Ike dollar.

 

40% silver...

outer layers of .800 silver, .200 copper bonded to inner core of .209 silver, .791 copper

I carry a 40% silver '71S Ike as a pocket piece and the edge is slightly two-toned silver. You know how a copper-nickel clad often has the middle layer of copper smeared towards one face of the coin so that it appears to only have two layers (1 copper and 1 nickel clad)? Well this Ike has sorta two-layers of silver - one layer slightly darker than the other. But overall nothing on the edge looks like copper. (edit: see @Fred Weinberg's description above)

 

That's a clad Ike dollar edge.

Thanks for posting the reeded edge,
and I apologize for being so negative.

I just try to deal with observable reality.

 

Hey no problem man just wanted to know what I had thanks for the information

 

Daulton, my last two sentences weren't for you.

Sorry - I didn't mean to imply that.

 

Since I can't edit my post ... which is goofy ... I'll have to state it here.

[<< With ample supplies of Eisenhower dollars, the Federal Reserve had no need to order any in 1973, and none were struck for circulation. >>]

Sorry. Now corrected.

 

An edge that copper colored is never a question in regards to silver.
Always look at the edge first. Dimes, quarters, halves, dollars.
It's just instinct, you don't even have to say it.

 

Wrong. I gave away to grandbabies every type of ike 73 there is. They came in sets. I understand you mis spoke

 

Yeah. We knew. You might be a stooge but you do know your coins. You get a pass