Hey! I bought this coin in Perú cause found it weird, for being 1972, was like BROWN..! Also its weight, was, silver! so i decide to get it! As my search went, this maybe is the rejected PROOF S sent to Denver, made on 40% silver clad. The moon, and all is same. The coin presents very hard strike, making 2 talon head on observe. Also 1972 D date is scarce. Ok, im not really sure, but u experts will tell me if it worth something, its scarse as i think it is.. or what! Also have a rare THALER, very nice coin, if u interested, email me to sent u pic. Hope some comments help me out! Txs in advance! Ronzo
the 73 looks like it was struck on a half dollar planchet. and i cant tell but the 72 looks like it was struck flipped over and struck again. some better pics would help though.
I wouldn't trust the average museum director to authenticate a coin. A better argument would have been "a counterfeit IKE?!?!" :kewl:
heres 1k dpi scan mmm this scanned image is too dark.. the other one was taken with camera. But it shows real brown color. Txs!
Well, the coin really have a heavy weight and it shines like silver... Do this "imitation" have any value? If its not real..? and .. if its real.. It is valuable?
It looks odd, but even odder to cast it out of 40% silver. The coin went from SF, to Denver, got struck again, then made it to Peru ? That's pretty weird,too ! It looks well circulated for an Ike.... or poorly cast. Something very fishy about it,IMO.
What does the coin weigh ? 1971 - 1978 Eisenhower Dollar Value (United States) U.S. MINT SPECIFICATIONS Denomination: $1.00 Obverse Image: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States. Reverse Image: 1971-1974, 1977-1978: Eagle flying over the moon holding an olive branch; tribute to the Apollo 11 mission. 1975-1976: Bicentennial design with the Liberty Bell in front of the moon (all were dated 1776-1976). Metal Composition: 91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel Total Weight: 22.68 grams Comments: This was the first dollar coin released for general circulation not made of silver. [ ? ]
I have to agree, just curious on weight. 1971-1974, 1976 Silver Eisenhower Dollar Value (United States) U.S. MINT SPECIFICATIONS Denomination: $1.00 Obverse Image: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States. Reverse Image: 1971-1974: Eagle flying over the moon holding an olive branch; tribute to the Apollo 11 mission. 1975-1976: Bicentennial design with the Liberty Bell in front of the moon (all were dated 1776-1976). Metal Composition: 40% silver, 60% copper Total Weight: 24.59 grams The struck on a half planchet one looks good.
Hey thanks for taking interest in this piece. I will weight it on electronical scale and tell u. It was found buried in CUZCO, Perú. It seems some US tourist lost it there when they visited Macchu Picchu. Only possible answer for that. As its a fake, dont know.. but it not seems to be a fake.. the thing is that because it was buried the corrosion melted the lettering and other.. but the strikes are really hard or even 3 struck. What u think is value on M Thereisia Thaler? (other post) its very new, very few scratches on it.. Also found a year ago, 1 yellow lincoln cent. Guess it was wrong die? ill find it and scan it and upload it.. is it worth? Ohh man, got a lot of nice coins, got a colombian coin, hard date, type II, with double strike seen notorious by human eye. will upload one by one, to not crowd the forum TXS A LOT my friends for this tremendous help cause here in Domincan republic nobody knos crap about US coins. Ronzo.
elronzoco - welcome to CT - glad to have you on board. Like your posts so far, but I will leave the debating to the experts. I do own a 1972 Type I and Type III. I wasn't aware of any mint varieties on the 72D, but I don't know much about Eisenhowers anyway. See ya.:hail:
The one looks like I would expect a coin found in the ground to look - dirty & corroded. Appears to be a perfectly ordinary coin to me. Value =$1.00 The other, does look to be a wrong planchet error. But an in hand exam would be necessary to confirm it.
yep, much more likely it is an ordinary Ike than some extraordinary silver counterfeit or somehow restruck in Denver ( and aligned perfectly).
