Hi Nick, I am glad you asked this because it made me go to the Red Book of Coins where I found the following information: The 2009 version of the Red Book has three varieties for the copper-nickel clad Ikes listed. Variety I is from low-relief dies for 1971 which has a flattened earth and three islands off Florida, and most copper-nickel coins of 1972. Variety II is High-relief dies, with round earth and weak or indistinct island, were used for most Proofs of 1971, all silver issues of 1972, and the reverse of some scarce Philadelphia copper-nickel coins of 1972. Variety III has improved high-relief dies which were issued for late 1972 Philadelphia copper-nickel coins and all subsequent issues. There are other interesting facts of the minting of the Ike's in this reference guide. jeankay (I hope I got this right )
jean, thank you very much for the reply, good stuff! Does anybody have pictures of the said differences? Thank you!
Most of us need to study up on the Ike, a highly unpopular modern era coin. I'm still trying to learn all these varieties. http://www.supercoin.com/iketypes/
WOW! Their really getting technical with coins nowadays. Thanks everybody for the informative pictures. Looks like I have the type 2 variety.
Scratch that. I had a brain fart. I have the silver uncirculated coin. This variety only pertain to the CLAD uncirculated coin. :whistle:
