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Got this from the bank for face value.
Its been submitted and verified by NGC. 22.3 grams in weight grading AU58.
As far as I know, this is only the second example of a 1973-S Ike on a copper-nickel planchet that's been found! John Wrublewski back east reported finding one in a Blue Pack, which NGC Graded and then posted a story about the coin in the September 29th, 2008 Coin World which was the same issue that my Prototype IKE was reported in.
NGC has a "From the Grading Room" piece on the first one found which graded MS67. Mine graded at a lowly AU58 but what the heck! It's got more history than that other one! I mean, how many folks actually passed this one over??
Since that 2008 CW article, I concentrating heavily on buying Sealed Shipping Envelope 5 packs of Blue 1973 IKE's looking for one of these. I spent a lot of money and spent a lot of time looking for one.
Little did I know that all I had to do was go down to my local bank and ASK!
Its been submitted and verified by NGC. 22.3 grams in weight grading AU58.
As far as I know, this is only the second example of a 1973-S Ike on a copper-nickel planchet that's been found! John Wrublewski back east reported finding one in a Blue Pack, which NGC Graded and then posted a story about the coin in the September 29th, 2008 Coin World which was the same issue that my Prototype IKE was reported in.
NGC has a "From the Grading Room" piece on the first one found which graded MS67. Mine graded at a lowly AU58 but what the heck! It's got more history than that other one! I mean, how many folks actually passed this one over??
Since that 2008 CW article, I concentrating heavily on buying Sealed Shipping Envelope 5 packs of Blue 1973 IKE's looking for one of these. I spent a lot of money and spent a lot of time looking for one.
Little did I know that all I had to do was go down to my local bank and ASK!
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