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1974-D $1 -- Struck on a 40% Silver Clad Planchet -- MS64 NGC. Wrong planchet errors are one of the most popular areas of error collecting. This is an especially enigmatic error since silver clad proofs were only struck in San Francisco, leaving one to puzzle over how a proof silver clad planchet came into the stock of planchets in the Denver mint. The first example of this rare error surfaced on October 10, 1974. It was brought to Coin World by a Las Vegas black jack dealer. The Mint later confirmed that an unknown number of silver-clad blanks had been accidentally included among the nickel-clad blanks and shipped from San Francisco to Denver, according to Breen in his 1988 Encyclopedia. Bowers in his 2016 reference on modern dollar coins estimates that 25 to 30 coins may exist. However, far fewer have shown up in recent auctions, suggesting it could be far scarcer. The coin is in an older NGC holder and the edge is not visible, but the texture of the coin is clearly silver. The surfaces are bright and show very little evidence of toning. Strike details are a bit irregular with notable weakness on LI on the obverse and the eagle's breast.
HID02901242017
1974-D $1 -- Struck on a 40% Silver Clad Planchet -- MS64 NGC. Wrong planchet errors are one of the most popular areas of error collecting. This is an especially enigmatic error since silver clad proofs were only struck in San Francisco, leaving one to puzzle over how a proof silver clad planchet came into the stock of planchets in the Denver mint. The first example of this rare error surfaced on October 10, 1974. It was brought to Coin World by a Las Vegas black jack dealer. The Mint later confirmed that an unknown number of silver-clad blanks had been accidentally included among the nickel-clad blanks and shipped from San Francisco to Denver, according to Breen in his 1988 Encyclopedia. Bowers in his 2016 reference on modern dollar coins estimates that 25 to 30 coins may exist. However, far fewer have shown up in recent auctions, suggesting it could be far scarcer. The coin is in an older NGC holder and the edge is not visible, but the texture of the coin is clearly silver. The surfaces are bright and show very little evidence of toning. Strike details are a bit irregular with notable weakness on LI on the obverse and the eagle's breast.
HID02901242017