Eisenhower Silver Dollar Question

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While we're on the subject - is there any market for common date circulated Ikes?

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Sadly, IMHO, No. It is a series that many ignore. If they are above EF-40, they are worth more than face ( RedBook says $2). I would not just spend them, but you might get some interesting comments if you tried!

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While we're on the subject - is there any market for common date circulated Ikes?
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Sadly, IMHO, No. It is a series that many ignore. If they are above EF-40, they are worth more than face ( RedBook says $2). I would not just spend them, but you might get some interesting comments if you tried!

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One of my dealers has a box full of them just tossed together, he treats them like total junk. I asked him why, he said "because they have no precious metal content". No love for them. LOL

For whatever it's worth, I think Ikes will be very popular 50 years from now. It's a short set, nice big-sized coins. And you can bet that gem examples of the circulated dates are pretty hard to come by. In addition, you've got three varieties of the 1972-P and two each for the 1976 business strikes.

All the stuff that makes a collectible series!

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i have alot of the brown box proofs and they tend to be hazy.

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That's the truth. All of my 40% proof Ikes have a "fog" to them and were like that when I got them, even those I bought still in the OGP brown box. The plastic cases on those were very easy to open, not sealed at all. It also seems people did not store them properly, another indication it is a neglected series.

jbuck, yes I'm a fan of the Ikes! How can you NOT be?

In the next couple of years, all our coins are going to be replaced by cheap alluminium or cupro-xxxx stuff.

Can you imagine 20 years from now - taking a big Ike dollar and giving it to your son/daughter/niece/nephew etc........ They're going to be impressed.

Personally, I think the Ike Series is the biggest "NO BRAINER" as far as investment is concerned.

But my family has pointed out that I have been wrong in the past..... :<

My uncle gave me a brand new Ike dollar in 1977 when I visited him and his family. I still have that coin in my IKE set.

Market for circulated IKEs: check out ebay. They sell for only 1.25-1.65 per coin. If you are selling, you will probably just break even after the fees. If you are buying, you should be able to scoop up most of the commons and fill your holes for just over face value. Or you can try your luck at the bank- they occasionally have them.

I am an Ike fan! And I immensely enjoy such discussions, which fill me on so much that I do not know. This is most useful!

Thanx!

I happen to have a 1976S Ike that I received as a tip a few years ago when I used to deliver pizzas. I'm pretty certain it's one of the silver clad proofs. It has that mirror-like finish to it. Sadly it has been pretty circulated and looks like it's been abrasively, cleaned. But I still like this coin and I plan to ask for others at any bank I go into.

At my banks I've asked a couple of the tellers to call me if they get any in. Some tellers must already view them as collectable because a couple have told me "oh we keep all those we get" . It would be nice to put a set together but it seems it might already be getting a bit harder to do so. I'll have to check my pawn shops to see what they're going for there.

Maybe we could keep this thread going to discuss any interest others have in this awesome old coin? I know it would make me happy .