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Very nice 40% or clad:kewl:?

 

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Nice 1977 jaceravone! Thanks for sharing.

 

IMHO..the Ike is the worst looking coin the Mint ever produced. With that said....it does make a very striking Proof, the Deep Cameos are rather stunning.

 

Hey jello - unfortunately that Ike is a clad but still a very nice looking coin

 

Clad is ok the toning is great!

 

Could some one post some pics of the peg leg,talon head,FEV,1972 T2? Please. I am new to Ikes and want to know what to look for and what to avoid before I start collecting. thanks Kent

 

Better yet, take a look at the Ike Group

www.ikegroup.org

Good luck!

 

Kent - Here is a picture of a Talon head I have just purchased - A nice 1971-D

 

Thanks that is a big help. I like the sit eand the pictures.

 

jaceravone,
The reason for that is the 1972 S Proof was made a Peg Leg by design to help more metal to flow into the hair of Ike to give it more definition.
The others were not designed that way but were altered that way through grinding of the dies which can be seen on some with a area between the "R" and Ike's head that has been hit with a grinder meaning it was altered during the process of making coins Die was pulled and hit with a grinder and put back into the press. Here is two links to articles that brought it all into focus for me. Hope this helps.Looking at few hundred of these helped to some extent but the Ike Group Articles really did it for me.
http://www.ikegroup.org/PEGE.htm

http://ikegroup.org/PLSURVEY.htm

Stewart

 

Thanks Stewart! :hail:

 

Great Talon Head. I've got a few of these now.

Ruben

 

Well looks who's back!!! Welcome back Ruben. Hope things are going well for you. :hail:

 

Thanks Ruben. That was my first Talon Head. I am now searching for a Double. But in the mean time, I did snag a 1974-D major Peg Leg on ebay.

 

>>>BOWS<<< - although nothing much good has changed in my life.

 

Now those I don't have any of although I have to admit... I won't purchase anything on ebay any longer.

Ruben

 

Thats a nice pegleg! Good thing for you I didn't spot that!

Here's a neat Triple Die Obverse I picked up this weekend in a 9 coin lot of 1972-S Proofs:









Huge triple spread compared to what you usually see:

 

I have been extremely lucky with all my Ike Dollar errors & varities I have gotten from ebay. So far - So good But I know even with pictures and a high rating, things can go south. I try to find only raw Ikes and most have been less than $10.00 each including shipping. I have around 20. A few duplicates. All UNC or Proof

Mark

 

OLD story - can't tell it is a DD...and I have 2 Ikes pretty much just like that.

I'm really beginning to hate double dies, especially ones that need microscopes to spot and aren't even dicernable by my eye from machine doubling.

Ruben