1776-1976-S ONE DOLLAR -
40% SILVER
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: estimated 5,000,000
Proofs: estimated 4,000,000
Designer: Obverse by Frank
Gasparro; Reverse by Dennis R. Williams
Diameter: ±38.5 millimeters
Metal Content:
Outer layers - ±80% Silver, ±20% Other
Center - ±79% Copper, ±21% Nickel
Weight: ±380 grains (±24.6
grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S" (for San
Francisco, CA) between Eisenhower's head and the date
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Varieties:
Notes:
The Silver-Clad Bicentennial Dollars were sold
in 3-piece sets along with the Silver-Clad Washington Quarters and Silver-Clad
Kennedy Half Dollars. Mintages are approximate - 11,000,000
sets were struck and sold until 1982, when sales were
halted.
The finest examples graded
by PCGS are 64 MS-68's.
The finest Proof example graded
by PCGS are 1 PR-69. The finest Proof Cameo examples graded
by PCGS are 6 PRCA-69's. The finest Proof Deep Cameo examples graded
by PCGS are 1715 PRDC-69's.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, April 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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