Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States - A Complete Encyclopedia

1776-1976-D Copper-Nickel Clad $1

VARIETY I

Coinage Context

Popularity assured: The dual-dated Denver issue was assured lasting popularity, as collectors and non-collectors alike withdrew these pieces from circulation as rapidly as they appeared there.

Numismatic Information

Availability: Eisenhower dollar specialist Dave McHenry noted this:

1976-D Type I: Of all business strike Eisenhower dollars, the 1976-D Variety I is usually the worst struck. Most have an average amount of bagmarks. In general, specimens are quite scarce, and high-grade pieces are especially so.

Certification: Relatively few have been certified, as the scarce nature of this issue in higher grades has not been appreciated, and the coins have low value.

Varieties
Business strikes:
VARlETY I: Issues of 1974-1975 THICK, ROUND LETTER O's.
1. 1776-1976-D copper-nickel clad.

1776-1976-D Eisenhower: Market Values

1776-1976 Eisenhower: Summary of Characteristics

COPPER-NICKEL CLAD

Business Strikes:
Enabling legislation: Act of July 23, 1965 (clad metal), Act of December 31, 1970, Act of October 18, 1973, Act of December 26, 1974, and others.
Designer of obverse: Frank Gasparro.
Designer of reverse: Dennis Williams.
Weight (copper-nickel clad): 350 grains (tolerance 4%); outer layers of .750 copper and 250 nickel bonded to inner core of pure copper.
Dies prepared (approximate): Obverse: 211; Reverse: 106.
Business strike mintage: 21,048,710.
Comment on availability, MS-65 or better: Scarcer than the mintage would imply; most are in lower grades than this.
Comment on availability, MS-64: Somewhat scarce.
Comment on availability, MS-63: Common.
Comment on availability, MS-60 to 62: Most of the surviving Mint State coins are in this category:
Comment on availability, VF-20 to AU-58: Easily found in the higher circulated grades.
Characteristics of striking: Softness is frequently seen on the reverse of this date, noticeably at the bell design and the denomination. Considered to be the most poorly struck of all Eisenhower dollar varieties.
Known hoards of Mint State coins: None.

Proofs:
None.

Commentary
High-grade specimens are scarce.