1 Dollar "Eisenhower Dollar" Bicentennial

Features

Country	United States
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	1976
Value	1 Dollar (1 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel clad copper
Weight	22.68 g
Diameter	38.1 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
References	KM# 206, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Schön# 207 Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Commemorative issue

United States 200th Anniversary of Independence

Obverse

The portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower facing left and dates below

Lettering:
LIBERTY
IN GOD WE
TRUST
FG
D
1776·1976

Engraver: Frank Gasparro

Reverse

The Liberty Bell with the moon behind and to the right with the denomination below

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THEREOF LEV. XXV. V X. PROCLAIM
HOUSE OF PHILADA BY OR
PASS AND STOW
PHILADA
MDCCLIII
E
PLURIBUS
UNUM
DRW
ONE DOLLAR

Translation:
United States of America
Thereof Lev. XXV. V X. Proclaim
House of Philada by or
Pass an Stow
Philada
MDCCLIII
Out
of Many
One
DRW
One Dollar

Engraver: Dennis R. Williams

Edge

Reeded

Mints

	United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
D	United States Mint, Denver, United States (1906-date)
S	United States Mint, San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

The American Revolution began in 1776. The 200th anniversary of this event in 1976 (also known as the American bicentennial), a widely celebrated event. All quarter dollars, half dollars, and dollars were struck with a special obverse during 1975 and 1976 to celebrate this event.

The reverses were struck with two different types of lettering:
Type 1 - bold block lettering
Type 2 - thin lettering
The picture shows a Type 1 reverse.

The mintmark is above the "97" in the date, below Eisenhower's portrait.

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Year	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
1976	4,019,000				1.74	2.78	5.19	5.19	28%	Type 1 - Block Lettering
1976	113,318,000	1.98	1.94	1.94	1.97	2.18	2.65	2.65	46%	Type 2 - Thin Lettering
1976 D	21,048,710				3.88	3.24	3.24	7.19	26%	Type 1 - Block Lettering
1976 D	82,179,564			1.50	1.86	1.92	1.92	6.78	30%	Type 2 - Thin Lettering
1976 S	2,845,450							9.19	6%	Type 1 - Block Lettering Proof
1976 S	4,149,730							7.05	7%	Type 2 - Thin Lettering Proof

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