'71 ans '72 Ike varieties.
Gilbert
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Hey SuperCoin - I knew that would get your attention. 
Ike enthusiants -
Is there anymore to the "newly" discovered 71-D reverse variety, other than the "three blobs for the West Indies." I no longer own any Ikes, so I don't have a reference point on whether how the islands are supposed to look, or if they are even present on the three previously documented reverses.
Ike enthusiants -
Is there anymore to the "newly" discovered 71-D reverse variety, other than the "three blobs for the West Indies." I no longer own any Ikes, so I don't have a reference point on whether how the islands are supposed to look, or if they are even present on the three previously documented reverses.
Gilbert
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There are three normal reverse designs (not including bicentennials).
The best way to differentiate between the three is to look at the Earth on the reverse. The 71-S, 72-S, 73-S uncirculated silver Ikes (conveniently) have the Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 reverses.
Only the 1972-P are found with more than one reverse (all three, in fact).
All 1971-D are Type 1 reverse.
Last I knew, anyway.
CoinWorld, August 19th Issue, Collector's Clearing House, pg 91, All you ever wanted to know about the 71 and 72 Reverses of the IKes.
Ken
At first I wondered if it might have been the result of a single working die that was altered during production to touch up the details, but it appears there's at least one part of the die that would have to have been filled in to accomplish that, and as far as I know that never happens.
So it would appear to be a master die variety, I guess, which would be strange that nobody found it until recently.
It's not listed in Wiles' CONECA book, but that was apparently published sometime in 1997. If anyone has access to any writeup that Wiles did when he attributed it please post it.
I don't have access to any writeup, but it is supposedly featured in the "Nov-Dec 1999 Errorscope."