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<p>[QUOTE="Philly Dog, post: 318828, member: 7726"]<span style="color: red"><b>The Red book was wrong in 2008 on the Ike Mintage here is my e-mail to them and answer</b></span></p><p> </p><p><b><font face="Tahoma"><font size="3">Sent:</font></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><font size="3"> Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:17 AM</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b>To:</b> Tucker, Dennis</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b>Subject:</b> </font></font><b><font face="Tahoma"><font size="3">Mintage mix-up on Ike silver</font></font>I just found out that in the 2008 Red Book under Ikes 40% silver Uncirculated and proofs you did not keep the mintage separate between the proof and UNC's like in past issues. </b></p><p><b>Example</b></p><p><b>2007 book</b> <b>1974-S silver Ike 593,577</b> <b>in UNC and in Parentheses the proof mintage of 1,306,579 </b></p><p><b>The 2007 book is the correct way, Proof coins are a different coin then the uncirculated and to take a small mintage of 593,577 and make it look 6x bigger is wrong.</b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>In the 2008 book they just have 1974-S silver Ike mintage 1,900,156 which is the total of both together, but you also have in Parentheses 1,306,579 which make it look like they minted over 3 million.</b> </p><p> </p><p><b>Rick</b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #0000ff">Thanks, Rick. We'll correct this in next year's edition.</span></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #0000ff">Best wishes,</span></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #0000ff">-- Dennis Tucker</span></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">========</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Dennis Tucker, Publisher</font></font><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">Whitman Publishing</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="3">LLC</font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"> 3101</font></font><font face="Georgia"><font size="2"> Clairmont Road Suite C</font></font><font face="Georgia"><font size="2">Atlanta GA 30329</font></font><font face="Georgia"><font size="2">Phone: 404-235-5348</font></font><font face="Georgia"><font size="2">Fax: 678-891-4599</font></font><font face="Georgia"><font size="2">dennis.tucker@whitmanbooks.com</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Philly Dog, post: 318828, member: 7726"][COLOR=red][B]The Red book was wrong in 2008 on the Ike Mintage here is my e-mail to them and answer[/B][/COLOR] [B][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]Sent:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3] Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:17 AM[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma][B]To:[/B] Tucker, Dennis[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma][B]Subject:[/B] [/FONT][/SIZE][B][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]Mintage mix-up on Ike silver[/SIZE][/FONT]I just found out that in the 2008 Red Book under Ikes 40% silver Uncirculated and proofs you did not keep the mintage separate between the proof and UNC's like in past issues. [/B] [B]Example[/B] [B]2007 book[/B] [B]1974-S silver Ike 593,577[/B] [B]in UNC and in Parentheses the proof mintage of 1,306,579 [/B] [B]The 2007 book is the correct way, Proof coins are a different coin then the uncirculated and to take a small mintage of 593,577 and make it look 6x bigger is wrong.[/B] [B]In the 2008 book they just have 1974-S silver Ike mintage 1,900,156 which is the total of both together, but you also have in Parentheses 1,306,579 which make it look like they minted over 3 million.[/B] [B]Rick[/B] [B][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#0000ff]Thanks, Rick. We'll correct this in next year's edition.[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#0000ff]Best wishes,[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#0000ff]-- Dennis Tucker[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]========[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Dennis Tucker, Publisher[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Whitman Publishing[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]LLC[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] 3101[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=2] Clairmont Road Suite C[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=2]Atlanta GA 30329[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=2]Phone: 404-235-5348[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=2]Fax: 678-891-4599[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=2]dennis.tucker@whitmanbooks.com[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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