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I thought I would start the thread for Eisenhower loose hunting, since coming across rolls seems awfully rare, at least in my area. here's my first post: Picked up $200 in Gem BU condition IKEs on Friday at my coin dealer's, mostly 1971 and 1972. Gonna put 2 rolls of each in storage and sell the rest.     |
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My experience finding rolls of Eisenhower dollars at the bank is rare but I have found 4 or 5 over the years and I mean probably 15 years ago or more. Sometimes I find em at the banks I go to because they know that I will take all of their odd coins weather or not I need em. Thats why they save em for me. Only once did I find any silver and that was in two rolls 15 years ago. |
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Yea, I figured it would be next to impossible to find silver in Ikes. It's kind of something I do whenever I go to a bank, I ask for "the big dollars...Eisenhowers" from the tellers, along with any halves, rolled or loose. No one ever gave me a roll of Ikes, but I did pick up $52 in one bank.
Best ever was my coin dealer's shop, as listed above.
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i got 135 of them at a bank in knoxville tn last year.ve got around 100 at banks around town in the last few years. later greg
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I love the photographs. Very nice!  |
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The banks I go to,they dont like these coins! Actually I dont either! Its probably the only US coin I dont collect. But to each his own.Good luck with your hunt!  |
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Silver halves (Ikes, JFKs or others) are rarer in my area than honest politicians. I've gone through more rolls of halves than I want to remember; total silver found = zilch. Silver halves left the building long before I got here and started looking for them.
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most ikes I pulled from a bank was 54 I still have them  |
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Glad you like my Ikes, JBuck! Pics came from an iPhone! Very Clear! I always liked the Ike, even though it really has not much investment value. I'm just putting together a Dansco of BU's, and keeping a few rolls of this cache. I don't want to dump them, they're so clean! I'd like to trade or offer to CCF for sale, but I don't have enough posts yet...  Monks, any good ones? |
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United States
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My Girlfriend brought home a 1976-P Ike from the Credit Union today. Her teller saves all the dollar coins just for her. I asked my GF to just buy all the coins rather than have the teller try to remember specific coins to save. I can always take the coins back to another bank or use them to stuff in plastic Easter eggs. This is the only Ike I have, other than the 3-peice 1976 Silver Proof Set my Brother just bought me for my BD.
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I scored 100$ in ikes about 3 weeks ago. No silver or proofs. I got coins from all all years except 1973. Out of the 35 or so 1976, I got 3 or 4 type 2 mixed in.
Iv got about 150$ in ikes now, just sitting on them when I get them.
I bought my last coin needed for my dansco this past weekend, the 1973 silver proof BU. I need to uograde about 10 of the clad coins of the 32, then I will be done with the set.
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In my collecting the main American current coins, I haven't gotten into buying needed hole fillers yet. I realize there are some you'll probably never find in the wild. But for me, all the fun is in the hunt.
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Snatched up two today from a drawer, including 6 Susan Bs.
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In the last month I have picked up about 200 in Ike's, the last 14 the teller said hey I saved these for you, I got to start taking in some boxes of candy or something for these gals
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I find and acquire them with relative frequency. Over the years, I've probably found $5k plus in ikes, and also have found multiple moragns, peace, and 40% ikes. It's still out there!
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I have yet to hit a SILVER dollar, if I could find someone that can order from the fed I would be those over halves.
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Posted 09/02/2012 11:29 pm
