Another Major Ike Purchase

segoja

Picked up a 1977-D on 40% silver planchet Ike today. Graded PCGS AU58.

I've never even seen one before.

Bought a 74-D on 40% silver planchet last week.

Anyone want to sell me the 76-D 40% silver planchet next week to complete the trifecta!!!

melikecoins

segoja
Now there are none left for anyone else.
Whats the pop on those, 4 or 5?
Glen

Russ

Glen,

You need to go over to the BST forum and add a link for your pop top proofs.

Russ, NCNE

Bear

Russ, You get a grading windfall and now

you want to buy the whole world.

keets

i guess i can understand the error on the 1977-D, but how did a silver planchet get to the mint early enough to make the 1974-D?? and really, why would silver planchets even be at the Denver Mint to begin with?? wrong planchet errors are fascinating to a certain degree but these ones almost seem to me like they may have been intentionally produced.

al h.

oops!!! with regard to the 1974-D, i had forgotten about the blue Ike's and was thinking bicentennials.

cladking

These are all fantastic coins and true 20th century rarities!

segoja

Keets,

You bring out a very good question.

Breen states that the silver planchets were mixed in with clad proof planchets that were deemed "unfit" for proofs and subsequently shipped to the Denver Mint.

Not sure if this is true or not.

Can anyone else confirm?

As for pop's, Breen says 30 74-D's and 15 77-D's. I do not have current pops, but a few years ago there were less than 3 74's and no 77's in the reports ANACS/NGC. Fred Weinberg says 8-10 74-D's and half that number of 77-D's.

I've bought and sold 4 of the 74's and none of the 77's, so I think the ratio of 74 to 77 is less than both Breen and Weinberg. total number I think are between Fred's number s and Breen's.

I think the 76 is the rarest of all. Maybe less than 3-4 pieces.

segoja

According to a few other sources, the mint did admit to misshipping the silver planchets, and acknowledging that the off metal coins have been produced.

They must have done this, or the good old secret service would be out trying to get these coins back.