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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 407782, member: 5233&quot;]Not exactly, I just pulled up an picture of the dansco book and I&#039;ll try and explain in more detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just for the sake of this example, lets pick the year as 1974.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a pic of the Dansco page that has the 1974 Ike&#039;s on it.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t take this photo myself, I found it online a while ago (on eBay I think).</p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/Ikeexample.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can see, there are 5 coins in the book from 1974: 1974, 1974-D, 1974-S Clad Proof, 1974-S 40% BU, 1974-S 40% Proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, so here are those 5 coins in detail:</p><p><b>1974</b></p><p>The coin labeled &quot;1974&quot; was minted for circulation in Philadelphia.&nbsp; It is a standard nickel-clad which is .750 copper and .250 nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1974-D</b></p><p>The coin labeled &quot;1974-D&quot; was minted for circulation in Denver.&nbsp; It is a standard nickel-clad which is .750 copper and .250 nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1974-S Clad Proof</b></p><p>The coin labeled &quot;1974-S Clad Proof&quot; was minted for collectors in San Francisco.&nbsp; It came in proof sets only along with a proof cent, nickel, dime, quarter, and half dollar.&nbsp; All coins in the proof set had the mirror finish as seen in the images above.&nbsp; It is a standard nickel-clad which is .750 copper and .250 nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1974-S 40% BU</b></p><p>The coin labeled &quot;1974-S 40% BU&quot; was minted for collectors in San Francisco.&nbsp; The silver Ike&#039;s were sold by the mint in blue packages.&nbsp; They are a &quot;business strike&quot; because they have the standard luster like a circulation coin (they are not mirrored like a proof issue).&nbsp; They are composed of 40% silver.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>1974-S 40% Proof</b></p><p>The coin labeled &quot;1974-S 40% Proof&quot; was minted for collectors in San Francisco.&nbsp; The silver Ike&#039;s were sold by the mint in brown packages.&nbsp; They are a mirrored proof just like the coin&#039;s issued in the proof set.&nbsp; However, these Ike&#039;s were sold individually.&nbsp; They are composed of 40% silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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