Susan B Anthony Question

CC99999: David Golsn is one of the authors of the volume that I purchased and I believe a number of his and other coins are pictured in the book. There are plenty of good illustrations showing just what the varieties look like. I only hope that my poor magnifying glass is up the task for my weary eyes.

@ghostrider- very cool summary of the proceedings. made me feel like I was almost there.

Several Ike varieties are attributable at different TPGs. NGC so far seems to be the most conservative followed by PCGS for number of attributable varieties- they follow the Cherrypickers Guide- which is a publication we constantly work with.

The reason more varieties aren't attributed by these two grading services has to do with the finite amount of space in the CPG and not due to the lack of great varieties. We have submitted nearly 20 new varieties for inclusion in the next edition.

Our DIVA program is designed to speed that process up and let Ike collectors know that a series expert from our group can vouch that the coin is in fact a variety we've identified.

We are currently hard at work on the next book. And once it's ready to go, I'll make an announcement. Know that it is being written for collectors at all skill levels- so it is approachable- but it has so much actionable information in it- that you WILL become an Ike nut after looking through this book. :)

Thanks for sharing your experience.


@solotime- Ikes in mint state are typically not available at banks and in Gem (MS-65) and above, Ikes are certainly worth much more than face value. Your dealer may have an anti-modern bias- I don't know where he gets his information.

@cc99999, he must of met non-ms one's I guess. I really didn't think of the grades they would be in. But I never got a roll so I don't think I would find one. He has different grades of IKE's. such as: MS-60 to MS-65.

I always see stories on here about people finding them but the only things I've had any success finding is a couple War Nickels and a buffalo every now and then. Ill ask when I go to the bank if they happen to have any but I'm way past the point of trying to hunt them down that way

Ive gotten a couple dateless and a 1937 for those. Nickels seem to be the only thing that havent been picked dry in this area, I really couldnt even find wheat pennies, I think I got 1 out of a couple thousand pennies

Really? That's surprising. I have never gotten Ikes or SBAs from the bank. Once when I asked if they had any of the "larger dollars", and the teller just laughed.

I have gotten several Susan B's from ignorant clerks given to me in change as quarters.

I stash those away along with Sac$ and Bicentennial quarters.

Voshus007 depending upon where you are located I could have been the fellow who got to the bank just before you did. Being retired I usually make the rounds of certain banks (not stopping at just one bank).

What I usually do (since I roll search either dimes or quarters) is to ask for just one roll from the teller and then ask if they may have Kennedy halves, Ikes, Sacs, or Susan B.

But mostly I'm looking for Eisenhower dollars. There is a dealer that I usually stop in to see every couple of weeks, and the last time that I was there he said that he has over 100 Ikes and that he usually donates them to the boy scouts if he can't unloar them elsewhere. When I asked what he's looking for he told me that he is looking for $.05 over face. Well, since I didn't have the money when I was in, I told him that I'll be back next week.

After all, $.05 over face is so close to face a person has to be touched not to take advantage of it. So Wednesday afternoon I'm going to his store to try and see about picking them up. I'll let you know if I'm successful.

But the thing to remember is not to quit trying and to be somewhat creative. Things do happen.

I'm still picking up Susan B's.