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I have no problem with the coin or any coin, but I know of some crazy registry set people that go around spending $3,000 to get a perfect one and that does bother me. Ike's as other moderns lend themselves to this sort of mania as they are all well struck and high quality. When these collectors go to sell one of these coins they get a rude shock. Then they will curse us all and never buy a coin again.
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Oh no! jbuck has found the thread!
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I (OP) also just realized that I generally prefer to collect coins from circulation, which obviously leaves this big guy out.
Another reason is that these coins were first minted just before I became a coin collector. But I didn't get any, because I assumed that they would always be available and plentiful--which they were at the time. So it seems like there's a bit of sour grapes on my part.
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I'm not a fan of any post-1964 US coin. I own somewhere around ten thousand coins, and only a handful are Ikes.
But the cool thing about coin collecting is there's so much out there, there's something for everyone!
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I don't understand the fascination either. I mean, why would you choose to collect Ikes when you could collect those awesome, banged up Zincolns and State Quarters from circulation?  |
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 So true !....  Every coin type needs somebody to love. Zincolns, state qtrs....etc..included. Maybe Ike's are the red-headed step child in coin collecting, but they are still loved and treasured....  |
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When Ikes first came out in 1971 my father and I ordered five of them from the mint. I think that was the maximum you could order. I was fifteen at the time and these were the first new types of coins issued in my collecting life and big silver dollars as well.
I think we paid around $3.00 for each one from the mint.
My father passed away in 1999, but I still have several of those 1971 40% silver Ikes.
I also purchased a 40% silver Bicentennial set at the Denver Mint when I visited there in 1985.
I haven't bought any since then as I collect mainly ancients and 19th century U.S. type coins, but these have a special memory for me.
Paul Bulgerin
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I have memories of them too, Paul. I remember getting some from my Papa in the mid-1980s for helping him crush soda cans. I spent them at our local community grocery. He referred to them as silver dollars. Good memories.
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For Christmas back in 1975 I did all my shopping with Ikes.
I went to the bank and got two rolls of them. It was fun carrying all those heavy coins around. I did get some funny looks from cashiers who weren't sure what they were or why I would use them instead of dollar bills.
Paul Bulgerin
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Ike's as other moderns lend themselves to this sort of mania as they are all well struck and high quality. Definitely spoken as someone who has never collected business strike Ikes or any moderns. Just finding nice attractive coins the the '73-D Ike can be next to impossible. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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And therefore the allure of the 'unique' Ike...
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