MikeJanis

Thank you for that very thorough response. As far as ruling out plated. I see a ton of those cheap looking chrome or gold-plated Ike's and this coin under a loop looks nothing like the plating process's I have seen on those. However, this just could be a plating process I have never seen, maybe done by vapor, IDK? Regarding Scratches. yes, there are scratches, but they are not consistent throughout the entire coin. The rims are high and tight, the lettering is crisp. I'm just trying to rule out everything I can, and/or find out how something like this was made. Heck, maybe it is that rare find but I doubt it. I will be taking it to a local coin store to find out more about it. I'll keep y'all updated.

Clad weight is 22.68 grams. This coin doesn’t even weight that. Which is even more confusing. It’s almost as if it is mostly silver with a small copper core. But that’s just a guess. But either way, there should be no silver on a 71 d

Sonic cleaning in distilled water does not have any negative effect on common coins. Silver or not as it just vibrates the debris off of the coin. The other Ik's it is compared to in the pics came out of the same sonically cleaned batch.

The coin only went into my Sonic cleaner when I was cleaning a bagfull I got from the bank. There is no residue on it. If you look closely at the pics with it next to the 64 Kennedy's, you can see the color is consistent throughout the entire coin.

It's not really worn at all. It's in VG condition. The pics do not do it justice.

I have not seen in any book that a 71-D is silver... It states just the S mints are silver. I'm confused.

I came across a 1971-D Eisenhower Dollar coin. It's not supposed to be silver, but it clearly looks to be silver. It is not like any other common Ike I have ever seen. Is it a rare mistake? It is not plated; I have ruled that out. Any help would be appreciated. I have included several pics. The last pic is it compared to a group of 1964 Kennedy halves.