This variety is also found on a very few copper-clad Ike dollars in 1972 - and this is an extremely rare and valuable variety! This variety was used in most proof dollar coins of 1971 and all silver dollars of 1972.

Usually the islands appear to lump into one very large island or indentation where the islands would normally appear on the coin.

The Type 2 dollar features a higher relief and rounder earth - but the islands are very indistinct. This variety is of lower relief and was used in most copper-clad and uncirculated silver dollars of 1971 and most copper-clad 1972 dollars. The Type 1 dollar features three islands off the coast of Florida - All of them are east of the eastern edge of the Gulf of Mexico (or western edge of Florida). The varieties of this year largely deal with the styling of the depiction of earth on the reverse of the coin and the differences are very subtle - but easy to distinguish.

One major variety is the 1972 Type 1 Eisenhower 'Ike' Dollar - also known as Variety 1. It should be noted that 40% silver Eisenhower dollars are much more common in the higher Mint State grades because they were minted with the much greater level of care generally afforded numismatic strikes.What This Coin Looks Like (Obverse, Reverse, Mint Mark Location, Special Features, etc.): Thus, copper-nickel clad business strikes grading MS60-64 are typical in MS65 they are scarce, are rare in MS66, and prove virtually elusive in MS67. This is because the coins are relatively large and heavy and thus more prone to surface gouges and other imperfections during shipment in bags. While hundreds of millions of Eisenhower dollars were made, copper-nickel clad business-strike specimens grading MS65 or better are remarkably scarce. Williams, was replaced in 1977 with the coin?s regular reverse visage ? the Apollo 11 insignia. In 19, all Eisenhower dollars honored the nation?s bicentennial with a 1776-1976 dual date on the obverse and a special reverse design with the Liberty Bell superimposed on the surface of the moon. While most Eisenhower dollars are made from copper-nickel clad, many uncirculated pieces were minted in a 40% silver format at the San Francisco Mint and bear an ?S? mintmark. The Eisenhower dollar symbolizes at least two numismatically significant elements, being the first dollar coin minted during the copper-nickel clad era (which began in 1965) and the last regularly issued dollar coin with physical dimensions approximating the traditional silver dollars of earlier times. Eisenhower dollars were minted from 1971 through 1978 and designed by Frank Gasparro.

Value of 1972 eisenhower silver dollar