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FrattLaw · December 27, 2003 8:45AM

Thought I'd share some nice proof Ike pics with ya! Ha, fooled all those Frankie people! The 76 Type I is really tough to find in DCAM without haze and the reverse is especially weak usually. This one was from R&I Coins. They have some nice ones! The 78 is the easiest to find with monster frost and clean mirrors, but it really is a pretty coin.

Thanks for looking!

Michael

MSD61 · December 27, 2003 9:06AM

Hey Michael,

I just completed a set of proof Ikes with 1976-S Silver being the hardest to find. I ended up buying a 76 silver proof set to get it. My 76 type I and II clads look really good. I don't know about anyone else but I find the silver proofs sometimes to be a little cloudy. Great pics thanks for putting them up

Cheers,
Micheál

cosmos66 · December 27, 2003 9:07AM

How do you tell the difference between a type 1 and type 2 in the 76 Ike?

MSD61 · December 27, 2003 9:12AM

The type I will have on the reverse block type, fat letters where as the type II on the reverse will have thin lettering.

Type I

Type II

Dollars · December 27, 2003 9:12AM

I found my 76 silver at the Balt Show. My 78 on ebay. Am looking for others

Dollars · December 27, 2003 9:14AM

Oh yeah, how did you get such good pics of proofs. I have "mirror" problems. Thats why I don't post my pics. They really suck

MSD61 · December 27, 2003 9:16AM

I have to start getting them graded if I want to put a registry set together. I might after the first of the year.

dollardude · December 27, 2003 9:29AM

Nice pix, thanks for sharing these. I just completed the Ike proofs myself a few months ago. Here is my set: dan'sproofikes.

<< How do you tell the difference between a type 1 and type 2 in the 76 Ike? >>

The pix above are correct, but let me elaborate. Our government decided to produce 1976 Ikes in 1975, and these were the type I's. They were of low relief and with bold lettering. In 1976, the government slightly improved the design, thus creating a type II. These are of higher relief and with sharp lettering.

The reason "I like Ike" is because I do Army work for a living. Since this is my livlihood, I thought I would put together the complete Ike MS, MS+varieties, and PR PCGS registry sets. I still need a 1972-P Type I PCGS MS63/64, so if anyone has one for sale or trade, PM me. My set is dedicated to the PEO for IEW&S.

cosmos66 · December 27, 2003 9:32AM

Here is a pic of a cloudy Ike that I just broke out of a proof set. It is a Type II.

keets · December 27, 2003 9:33AM

hey Michael

that bicentennial looks like a Type 1 to me.

al h.

MSD61 · December 27, 2003 9:34AM

Cool Dan!!!

FrattLaw · December 27, 2003 10:05AM

<< <i>that bicentennial looks like a Type 1 to me. >>

Thanks, fixed!

Michael

FC57Coins · December 27, 2003 10:07AM

The 1976 silver Ikes were all type I if I'm not mistaken - anyone?

cosmos66 · December 27, 2003 10:10AM

<< <i>The 1976 silver Ikes were all type I if I'm not mistaken - anyone? >>

If you look in the PCGS price guide they list Type I and Type II for the clad proofs but not for the silver proofs.

MSD61 · December 27, 2003 10:11AM

Hi Frank,

Yes, 76 silver are type I. Only the clads came as T-I or T-II

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