I was listening to the coin show last night and heard that Mr. Carr has introduced a 1975 Ike dollar. I visited the site today and found two examples of the Ike dollar. One was a clad 1975 in MS-67 and a second was a 40% silver 1975 in MS-68. Neither coin had a mint mark. What do you think of the no mint marks? Should he discontinue the 1975 no mint mark coin (e.g. Philly) and create an S mint mark coin for the 40% silver coin and add a D mint mark for the 1975 coin?
why? The 1975 is in itself a fantasy coin. The 64-D has a distinct mark to differentiate it fro the real deal, the 1975 has the date for that purpose.
If the mint made a 1975 Ike dollar at the Philadephia mint, wouldn't it be clad without a mint mark? Thus, DC has already created a coin that could have been made by the mint. I'm just wondering why not create the D mint mark coin as well as a 40% silver coin with an S mint mark? How is it different than the 75 (P)?
With all due respect for the talents of Daniel Carr, I wish he would quit messing around with US coinage that "used to be" or "never was" and devote more time to creating original works of his own. What I'd really like to see him create is an entire series of states medals struck in bronze and/or silver (something the Mint should have considered, but didn't!). There were so many crappy designs for the states quarters, and it would be nice to see what he could come up with without politics getting in the way. Chris
I'm on the opposite end of this one. I bought the 2009 DC ASE proof coin and would love to have the 1964-D Peace dollar. I'm kind of interested in the 1975 Ike's but wished he added the D and S mint marks.
Bumped into Mr. Carr last week and was shown his new Ike Dollars. He's like kid with a new toy! Got the impression that he was going to do some mint marked ones latter. But rather than speculate, why dont you contact him directly at his web site. Known him for years & pretty sure he would answere any questions.
Dear Daniel does some marvelous and notable works at his mint. I pray that one of these "Ikes" doesn't wind up enticing some unknowledgable, uninformed newbie to pay "moon money" for a "fantasy" piece (that he/she thinks is a rarity) on some clandestine auction site down the road.
I'm with you on this one. However, if you look at what his original works sell for versus what he can make off his copy coins, I suspect we'll be seeing more of them.
Here is another one of his Ike dollars: http://www.dc-coin.com/2008hardtimestoken536minted-2-3-1-1-1.aspx TC
