Eisenhower Dollar Rare Dates and Die Varieties - Appraising Your Coin Collection

Previous: Peace Dollar Rare Dates and Die Varieties
Next: Back Home
Copyright 2015 by Kevin Flynn, All Rights Reserved

The Eisenhower Dollar was created to commemorate President Eisenhower and also the first landing on the moon. President Eisenhower signed the bill that started NASA. These coins are easy to obtain in almost any grade at most coin shows and shops for little premium. These coins were too large to be used in general circulation and many were saved. The majority were struck in a copper nickel clad with an outer layer of 75% copper and 25% nickel bonded to an inner core of pure copper. Silver clads were struck 1971 through 1974 at the San Francisco Mint and contain an outer layer of 80% silver and 20% copper bonded to an Inner core of 20.9% silver and 79.1% copper. No 1975 dated Eisenhower Dollars were struck. The Bicentennial Eisenhower Dollar was struck in 1975 and 1976. For all die varieties, see Flynn’s book, The Authoritative Reference on Eisenhower Dollars. For example, there are 58 doubled dies listed for 1971-S Eisenhower Dollars

Circulation Die Varieties

Proof Die Varieties

The peg leg variety is missing the lower left part of the bottom of the R of LIBERTY on the obverse. This is common on some 1971-S Eisenhower proofs, but rare on 1971-S Eisenhower Dollar coins struck for circulation. All 1972-S proofs and coins struck for circulation contain the peg leg variety.

Special Coins

1974-D Silver Clad – In 1974, the Denver Mint was only striking copper nickel clad Eisenhower Dollars. The San Francisco Mint struck both silver and copper nickel clads. Rejected copper nickel planchets would be shipped to the Denver Mint to be used for coins for circulation. Several silver clad planchets were also shipped to the Denver Mint. There are roughly 15 known specimens.

1976-D Silver Clad - For the 200th bicentennial in 1976, the reverses were changed for the quarter, half dollar and dollar. The reverse for the dollar included the Liberty Bell overlaid onto the moon. The San Francisco Mint used copper nickel clad planchets for proofs, and and used silver clad planchets for both proof and coins for circulation. As with the 1974-D silver clad, left over or rejected silver clad dollar planchets were sent to the Denver Mint along with copper nickel dollar planchets. There are only two or three 1976-D silver clad coins known.

1977-D Silver Clad - No silver clad Eisenhower Dollars were suppose to be struck in 1977 at any of the mints. Somehow several leftover silver clad planchets were struck at the Denver Mint in 1977.

Previous: Peace Dollar Rare Dates and Die Varieties
Next: Back Home
Copyright 2015 by Kevin Flynn, All Rights Reserved