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73 Brown Ike

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 Posted 10/06/2012  2:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add fromms2244 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Went to a coin shop that is a little out of the way for me today, but I don't have to be at work till 2 so why not? Picked up a 73 Brown Ike for $18! My lucky day.
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 Posted 10/06/2012  2:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add basebal21 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sounds like a trip well worth it
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 Posted 10/06/2012  4:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fromms2244 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A small win is still a win! I'll take it!
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 Posted 10/06/2012  6:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kasey to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good pick....they wholesale for like $27
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 Posted 10/06/2012  6:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add acloco to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Excellent!
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 Posted 10/06/2012  8:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add noahs-numismatics to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hey, can someone post a pic, havent seen/heard of these before.
Thanks!
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 Posted 10/06/2012  10:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinmaniac1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Example of a Brown Ike.

http://eisenhowerdollarguide.com/im...rown-Ike.jpg

(40% Silver Proof Ike dollar in brown mint holder)
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They produced these from 71 through 74. Although none of them are exactly rare, the 73 is the "better date." Most will have a milky, washed out look that plagues these proofs. Finding one still clear is a challenge.
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Cool! Thanks for sharing! You learn something new everyday. Seeing as its Saturday, this would be my one thing :)
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 Posted 10/07/2012  3:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ericmckeown to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice find!
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And to think at one time they got up to $150 each.

1974 $22
1975 $18.50
1976 $32.50
1977 $29.50
1978 $57
1979 $86.50
1980 $120
1981 $65
1982 $76
1983 $62.50
1984 $59
1985 $48
1986 $45
1987 $37
Don't have figures for 1988 and later.
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 Posted 10/08/2012  2:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wquinn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Awesome buy! Any pics to share of it?
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I am trying this picture taking stuff... I am not the best photographer! I have even read a few threads on here on best practices for photography of coins. I stink at it! I guess I am going to have to go buy a scanner.
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Wow! According to Condor's list, the price you bought it at is cheaper than at any time since their release until 1988! I can't believe they were once worth $150. The local coin shop sells them for $40. He could put a price lowered sign and cross of the previous years' highs! Then they would seem like a bargain.

I'll look at my brown Ike's with different eyes now.
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My LCS has three left at $13 each. I bought 71', 72' and 74' a few weeks ago. Two are clear and one has the start of some toning. What he has left are clouded.
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