Nevertheless, uncirculated and proofread versions, intended for collectors, do have silver in their composition. But given the rise in flatware prices, they opted for a clothed copper-nickel musical composition.
primitively, they intended for the mint to contain a silver alloy. Eisenhower, House Representatives from both parties moved for the approval of a dollar coin in his honor. After the death of former President and World War II General, Dwight D. So the leftovers could be worth a beneficial price because of their curio. History tells that the politics collected most of these prototypes for far testing and melted them to make new Eisenhower dollars. Known as the Ike Dollar, the Philadelphia Mint was creditworthy for the first prototypes in 1971.
