Ordered Some Eisenhower Dollars

I would like to provide a little more information:

- "My" bank referred to above was BoA, and I just went down to some random branch near work. I'm a young guy who never does in-person banking, so I don't have any connections in the banking world.

- In order to have an "in" with the teller, I first ordered some $2 bills, and half-dollar coins. When I went to pick them up, I printed out a custom thank you card and bought a couple "break the bank!" scratch off lottery tickets as a thank you for the order. I then put my request for Ikes in with the printed out information I had found.

-In case anyone is curious, here is the email I sent, with the response from the Federal Reserve:

Hello,

I am writing to inquire about the possibility of having my bank order Eisenhower dollar coins from the Federal Reserve. I am located in Houston. I have been doing online research and found that there is a lot of confusion on whether or not the federal Reserve actually has any Eisenhower dollar coins for financial institutions to request. On this Federal Reserve Webpage, I found a chart showing that it is possible to order and deposit them in $1000 amounts at a time: http://www.frbservices.org/operatio...ositing.html I was wondering if you could help me with any special instructions or forms my bank would need to use to order these coins if it is possible. If my question could be better answered at a different email address, could you please kindly forward it for me? Thank you very much for your time.

Sincerely,

Drew

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Drew,

Thank you for your inquiry. Jessie Perez in the Cash Department at our Houston Branch may be able to provide some guidance in working with your financial institution to order Eisenhower dollar coins. Feel free to contact Jessie directly at (713) 483-3636.

Thanks,

Alex Johnson
Public Affairs Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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I feel comfortable sharing this information with everyone here because it was freely given to me via email. After calling the Cash Services department, it was confirmed for me that...

1) They do not deal with the public directly, you must have your bank call
2) Mr. Perez confirmed that Ikes are available for order from the Feds here in Houston

So, please don't call Mr. Perez hounding him about the coins because he won't be able to help you directly. But if you live in the Houston area, you *can* request that you have your bank call him directly to set up a transfer of coins.

Thanks all for the warm welcome. When I get the Ikes, I will post pictures and I will have lots of questions. I have literally no experience CRH (or Coin Bag Hunting as the case will be for these), and I really need some tips on what to look for when I'm going through my Ikes.

Thanks again and good luck to everyone. I hope this helps someone out there get some Ikes.

Dang, maybe I should ask if they have any Morgans for order!

fastgc................






My personal favorite is the '76 (P) TYPE ONE

Buy all Ikes are sooooo sweet.

Yes!

Sad Update:

I've contacted my branch a few times about the Ikes. The original teller I was working with no longer works there, but the guy I spoke with today was familiar with my request (good memories! it was months since I had called last!). He said that they are still just waiting to hear from their supplier. I called their armored truck company directly (Dunbar), but the gentleman informed me that BoA does not order currency/coins from the armored truck company directly, but rather through a central depository, and Dunbar simply carries things from depository to branch. So there was nothing that the armored car could do for me, and he confirmed that they don't have any Ikes laying around in bags to be delivered to banks. Drats!

So sadly, even though it seems like my branch was trying to get them for me, I may never get any Ikes. There are bags of them in the Houston branch of the Federal Reserve, and it's so frustrating knowing that, but not being able to get them out!

I just picked up 48 Ikes yesterday at the bank. I didn't even ask for them. I was asking for halves and the teller volunteered them, which was so nice! There were a number of very nice BU pieces in there, but mostly 76 P&D both Type I and 2 coins and not much else.

I've picked up Ikes a few times over the years and I have scored a few Friendly Eagle Varieties (1971-D), so they are out there. I've not ever gotten a 1972 Type 2.

UP-DATE

When to my bank this morning, only to do some regular "stuff."

Did not even ask about Ike dollars.

Branch Manager saw-knew-was-informed that I was in the bank. When I started to leave the person who was helping me he said: please go the the office of Ms. Bank Manager.

After a little wait, she came and started talking about getting a fresh bag of IKEs.

Told me that "something" has changed."

In the past we were able to get $7,000 (7 BAGS)

We agreed the the "CI" (BRINKS) was the basic problem.

IKEs are a SPECIAL ORDER from the CI (BRINKS) <==========

I made some proposals.

Now just waiting to see if anything goes forward.

azdustin




The 7 bags I once got, as I understand, was ordered from my bank to the CI, and the CI got them from the FED-CASH system.




My understanding is the CIs are licensed & contracted to stock, & deliver notes, and coins.




I am never going to give up. Hope you will fight the good fight too.