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

1776-1976-S Copper-Nickel Clad $1

VARIETY I

Coinage Context

Bicentennial dollars galore: In this, the single most variety-filled year in the Eisenhower dollar series, there are copper-nickel Proofs of both Variety I and Variety II coins, adding yet another dimension to the pursuit of a complete Eisenhower dollarcollection. Variety I dollars were included in the Proof sets that were minted in 1975, along with cents, nickels, and dimes that bore the 1975 date, and quarters and half dollars with the dual date 1776-1976.

Numismatic Information

Availability: Gem Proofs are readily available today. Most will qualify as Proof-65 or finer in grade.
Certification: Just 90 examples of this date have been graded by PCGS, as the cost of certifying a coin exceeds the value of the coin to be certified! The

Varieties

Proofs:
VARIETY I: Issue of 1974-5
THICK, ROUND LETTER O's.
1. 1776-1976-S copper-nickel clad. Proofs only. Included in the regular six-piece Proof sets of 1975.

1776-1976-S Eisenhower: Market Values

COPPER-NICKEL CLAD

1776-1976-S Eisenhower: Summary of Characteristics

COPPER-NICKEL CLAD

Proofs:
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: 1,138; Reverse: 813.
Business strike mintage: None. Proof mintage: 2,845,450.
Comment on availability, Proof-65 or better: Most extant Proofs are in this grade category at the present time.
Comment on availability, Proof-64: Scarcer than preceding.
Comment on availability, Proof-63: Still scarcer.
Comment on availability, Proof-60 to 62: Still scarcer.
Comment on availability, less than Proof-60: Only a few mishandled Proofs exist.

Commentary
This issue is readily available in Proof-65 grade.