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Pillar of the Community
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There must be large hoards of them somewhere now.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No dollar coin has really done much everyday circulation in commerce since possibly the Seated dollar in the 1840 to 1850 period. Can't say for sure they even circulated then, but that was the only period when circumstances truly favored their circulation. (coinage available, worth more as money than as metal, and the paper money in circulation was not trustworthy.) |
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Don't tell jbuck ; but I never did like the looks of them.   Quote:
However I think a superb Brown Ike proof displaying a high contrast cameo is outright gorgeous . Yes, they are.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Too big and heavy. However, American patriotism and excitement about what we could achieve was at a high like no other time. We had just walked on the moon and it only took 9 years! The new coin depicted this on its REV. Everyone just knew Mars would be walked on within 10-20 years (see countless sci-fi films), and we would all have an opportunity to visit the moon by the time we were 40-50.
So people did like them. It was always a, "Hey, look what I have!" But I never saw them circulate hardly at all. As a kid I spent them!
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm sure jbuck is planning some wicked revenge for all of us who find the Ike dollar the beginning of the end for American coinage.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I remember getting three Eisenhower dollars in change back in the early 1970s at a gas station in Idaho. As for real silver dollars, the last one (Morgan type) my parents got in change was in late 1957 or early 1958 at the Louisville KY airport. I was present for that one and was surprised that they were still in circulation I have about a dozen Peace and Morgan dollars that my parents or other relatives took from circulation after WWII in California. Most (or all) of these were kept, as they were unusual. The Morgan dollars are in this group photo (bottom row only, not the ones in the tubes):  (The GSA boxes in this photo are empty.) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Some of them do circulate in circulation. Sometimes, people will spend them.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
I still buy a roll of them from time to time for spending purposes.
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United States
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Quote: I'm sure jbuck is planning some wicked revenge for all of us who find the Ike dollar the beginning of the end for American coinage. You cannot even begin to imagine.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I remember getting them early on, 71/72, and again in 76. After that, not so much.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Other than my brown box, the dozen or so Ikes I have came from circulation, so yes, they circulated at least as far as me. This one came from my mother-in-law in Thailand. She worked for 20+ years as an accountant for the US Embassy in Bangkok. This one circulated at least 17,420 miles.   As far as daily commerce, I know many of the ones I have came from working in an ice cream parlor around 1974-77. People did spend them on ice cream. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I spent a lot of them in slot machines. And boy did they make a lot of noise when you won.
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United States
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Apparently some may still be circulating on occasion. A Couple of weeks ago I was at a convenience store and asked the guy behind the counter if he had any dollar or half dollar coins he wanted to get rid of (doesn't hurt to ask). He gave me this Ike with my change.   I was thinking maybe he'd have an SBA or Sac dollar and never thought he'd have any Ikes. While not a pristine example, this one will circulate no more, as it's now a part of my collection. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I got one in change from my LCS in Idaho last time I was there. It was a 1978 Ike with a sticker on both sides advertising the coin shop. I was thinking about posting it but didn't want it to seem like I was promoting the coin shop.
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This one came from my mother-in-law in Thailand. She worked for 20+ years as an accountant for the US Embassy in Bangkok. This one circulated at least 17,420 miles. Quote:
A Couple of weeks ago I was at a convenience store and asked the guy behind the counter if he had any dollar or half dollar coins he wanted to get rid of (doesn't hurt to ask).
He gave me this Ike with my change. Very nice!  Be sure to add those Ikes here... http://goccf.com/t/60465 |
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