Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 0
Proofs: 2,760,339

Designer: Frank Gasparro, the reverse based on a design by Michael Collins and James Cooper

Diameter: 38.5 millimeters

Metal Content:
Outer layers - 75% Copper, 25% Nickel
Center - 100% Copper

Weight: 350 grains ( 22.7 grams)

Edge: Reeded

Mintmark: "S" (for San Francisco, CA) between Eisenhower's head and the date

Varieties:

Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 266 MS-68's.

The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 1 PR-69's. The finest Proof Cameo examples graded by PCGS are 28 PRCA-69's. The finest Proof Deep Cameo examples graded by PCGS are 404 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