As wrong as it may appear or be, thats just the way it is. Coins were sold to collectors at an issue price of 10.00 per coin. 1972-S Silver Ike Eisenhower Dollar Proof PCGS PR69DCAM 40 Silver. 1972 -S Silver Eisenhower (IKE) BU Dollar PCGS MS68 (B5) 31.01. These 40 silver coins are often referred to as Brown Ikes ( Buy on eBay) in reference to the brown colored boxes within which they were packaged. New Listing 1972-S Silver Proof Eisenhower Dollar - Silver Proof Ike. If its big and bulky and the same size as a silver dollar well it must be a silver dollar. Proof Eisenhower Silver Dollars were produced at the San Francisco Mint and sold to collectors individually from 1971 to 1974. In reference to using the term 'Silver Dollar' when some of the coins do not have silver in them, that falls along the same lines as calling a Lincoln Cent a Penny. Why Is The 1972 Dollar Called the Eisenhower Dollar The Meaning of the Mint Mark for Coin Collectors. Even a circulated Proof will not look like an S Mint coin struck on a copper nickel planchet since the manufacturing processes are totally different.

These were all Proof coins and folks need to know the difference.

The Bottom line is that SIX copper nickel IKEs carry the S Mint Mark. Even if the Silver coin grades out at MS69. In 1973, at least three S Mint coins were struck on copper-nickel clad planchets and if someone has a 'blue pack' coin that they suspect is I can say is that it would have considerably more value than the it's Silver counterpart.

1972 eisenhower proof silver dollars