Dang!

I must have been sleeping on the 17th of February. Actually, I think I had the flu so maybe I'm not such a stupid.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-S-DDO-...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Anybody care to guess the importance of this fantastic auction that I missed out on?

 

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It was on the wall at the white house?

 

You'll have to do better than that friend.

 

Nixon presented it to someone. Whom?

 

The 18-1/2 minutes missing from the Watergate tapes were hidden inside.

Chris

 

... It's got Richard Nixon and a doubled Trust in the same package

 

Nobody is even close.

Think...................Type B Washington

Think...................1964-D Type C Reverse

Think...................Type 2 Eisenhower Business Strike

Think...................1971-S Silver Proof Eisenhower

And STOP thinking about Nixon!



Better yet.............Think Coin World 12/3/2007.

 

Can't tell from pics, but S over S?

 

Is that the Peg Leg Ike?

 

So the front and back do not match?
Bah, just tell us already

 

I'm not an Eisenhower collector, but I bought some books a while back (that I've never read). After consulting "The Authoritative Reference on Eisenhower Dollars" Wexler, Crawford, and Flynn, I "think" this proof could have the Type 2 (proof) obverse coupled with the Type 1 (business strike) reverse.

...am I close?

 

Almost.

You see, the 1971-S Proof Coins were intended to be coupled with the Type 2 Reverse which was the high relief counterpart (proof) to the Type 1 Reverse (business strike).

In mid 1972, one of the Type 2 High Relief Reverse dies was used in the Business Strike Presses in Philadelphia. The 1972 Type 2 CnClad Ike was the result.

The coin in the listing has a Type 1 Reverse.

It's one of 4 currently known and could very well be a low 5 figure coin.

I believe I was down with the flu when this listing ended..............Dang!

 

Almost? ...sounds like I nailed it!

 

That depends upon whether you intended to say "could have the Type 2 Reverse" or meant to say "should have the Type 2 Reverse".

BTW, all the 1971-S Proof Coins had either the inaccurately labeled (in the ARED) Type 2 (Serifed) obverse or the Type 3 (Pegleg) Obverse.

On James Wiled Variety Vista page ( http://www.varietyvista.com/Eisenhower%20Dollar%20ODV%20Changes.htm ), there is a more accurate description of the ODV Types since there were actually 2 "different" Serifed R's. One which was by design (ODV-007 used from 1973 - 1978) and one where the serif was added to the ODV-006 Master Hub by hand (ODV-004) in 1971.

1972 saw a Pegleg by design R (currently only attributed to ODV-008 for the first versions of the BiCentennials)

So, dod you mean "should"?

 

To phrase my answer as a "declarative" rather than a "conditional", I would say...

The coin in the auction "has" the Type 2 (proof) obverse coupled with the Type 1 (business strike) reverse.

...I was trying state my observation more as a question than an statement as not to sound like an Ike authority...which I'm clearly not.


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[h=2]Dang![/h]Now Beaver, how many times have we told you not to use that kind of language?!?!

 

I think the missing 18-1/2 minutes of the Watergate tapes would probably have brought much, much more at auction.

Chris

 

wait minute, so Nixon changed the dies creating this coin. then he signed the box.

 

That's what's in the missing tapes.