What is the greatest Eisenhower dollar that you've seen in person?

MrEureka

I'll be you think this is an April Fool's joke. It's not!

Coulport

The slot machine tray full of them when I hit the jackpot in Nevada.
That was a long time ago.
Now they only use in-house tokens.

njcoincrank

Andy ole' chap,

It this one of the mint-mark-less proofs that was given to Ford's sec.?

njcoincrank

misterR

Do you know who owns "the" coin and any idea of its' value?

lordmarcovan

I don't understand...

Coulport

When you win, the coins fell in the tray. When you lost nothing happened.

Oh,

The coin pictured in the original post?
Never mind.

jom

I can't think of ANY Ike dollar I'd say was "great". "Grate" maybe but not "great".

jom

dbldie55

Right after the train went by after I set one on the tracks.

braddick

<< <i>Do you know who owns "the" coin and any idea of its' value? >>


Wonderful "modern" pattern and I think it's owned by Mitch.

wondercoin

Andy: What a great "pattern" Ike!! I won it for a customer. Do you know where the quarter or half dollar are? Wondercoin

Typetone

PKOK's of course. BTW, they do not allow themselves to be fully imaged, just a bit of tease

Greg

cosmicdebris

Is this the no mint mark one that was once in Gerald Ford's hands?

misterR

There is a one page article by Tom Delorey in "The Authoritative Reference on Eisenhower Dollars" by John Wexler, Bill Crawford and Kevin Flynn. The Ike pictured though is one of the more "common" T1 with no mintmark proofs. The one imaged in this thread is the "one of a kind?" T2 he discusses.. Am I right that it is the only one known? Anyone know where it is?

misterR

Wondercoin, the one you obtained for your customer, was it a T1 or a T2 reverse?

MrEureka

As far as I know, the T2 pattern is unique. It was supposedly "discovered" in a cash register in DC back. I don't know anything about a Gerald Ford connection, but maybe the Crank can fill us in. It first appeared in a Devonshire auction about 20 years ago. Martin Paul and I bought it for about 5K, held it for a while, and then sold it - flame me if you will - to Alan Hager. He held it for years, resold it to Martin, and Martin sold it at a B&M sale last year for about 42K. Mitch, you bought it? Great coin and great value!

BTW, I've never seen the Type one coins of any denomination, but I'm sure they exist.

One more little bit of trivia. When the Mint sent out promotional materials for the three piece 1976 silver proof sets, the coins pictured in the brochure did not have mintmarks. They illustrated the brochure with the patterns!

wondercoin

"Mitch, you bought it? Great coin and great value!"

Andy: Yes I did - out of the Bowers sale of course. Were you the underbidder?

I would sure like to match it up with the quarter and half Wondercoin

MadMonk

I saw a collection, years ago, that had been stored in the little hinged snap-lock with cardboard inserts things. You know, like you can get at the bookstore. Anyway, they were beautifully toned, very reminiscent of Wayte Raymond toning.