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They go for a little over face on 'Bay, I saw someone recently had several auctions for 10 of them close betweek $10 and $25 + shipping (not sure if they lost money after fees on the low ones or if shipping covered the fees.)
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i just bought 300 from my bank up here. I asked if they had any IKEs and the vault manager respond,
"how many you want?"
I love those responses.
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United States
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Sell some and have a contest with some.
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United States
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Ike was the nickname of Dwight D Eisenhower, who's on the dollar coin from 1971-1978
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Pillar of the Community
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Anyone know of any variations or chery picks I should be looking for through these 300 IKEs?
Probably gonna keep em, What do you guys think?
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Hey, don't blow off Ikes, yes they're not the most sought after but the can still bring in 12-25 bucks apiece for unc or proof silver varieties. It cost me 15 bucks to get a Blue Ike to finish off a second collection for my kids.
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First of all make sure none of them are silver (40%). It isn't too uncommon to find a few "S" mint Ikes as some people broke them out of their brown boxes from the Mint. Also be on the lookout for the valuable 1972 coins with the Type II Reverse http://reviews.ebay.com/1972-Type-1...000002147718 this link will show you how to identify them. Even circulated they go for $40 to $50. |
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Yea, I already checked for silver, obviously.
I couldn't remember what year had the funky reverses.. thanks!
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the 1975/76 bicent. Ike had 2 different varieties. Variety 1 has a "thicker/chunky" lettering on reverse and variety 2 has a thinner lettering on the reverse. Not much of a premium difference but still interesting. If you end up finding both varieties for the 1976(P) Ike, let me know if you want to get rid of them.
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i still need a type 1 "P" Ike Too. lol
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I have a '76 Type I & II - can't remember if they are P or D - let me check.
They are D's. They were given to me by my boss. He came in with a bunch of coins for me to look at and tell him if he had anything good. He had almost a complete set of Susan B's, including a wide rim and 2 Ikes. Thought it was funny that he only had 2 Ikes and they were type I & II's.
After I showed him the coins of interest, he said - "you can have them".
Sweet!
Edited by Scooby Due
07/11/2010 12:25 am
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"Anyone know of any variations or chery picks I should be looking for through these 300 IKEs?" ianmprice, Absolutely! There are many varieties and many cherry picks to be had in the Eisenhower dollar Series. In my opinion it is one the most understudied series of coins in all of Numismatics. There is a small group of guys (Growing Everyday)called the Ike Group http://www.ikegroup.org/ that have been doing in depth research on the Ike's. Rob Ezerman is releasing the first of two new books at the August 10th Boston ANA Convention. If you look through some online auctions Teletrade, Heritage and the like for MS66 and up Ike's. People I discuss this with are amazed and never knew they went for so much. Not just asking prices but actual dollars paid auctions. And the people that buy them are happy to get them at those prices because they actually understand how rare Eisenhower's are in high grades. Hope this helps Terry |
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From my experience, Ikes are definitely hard to get in high grades.
But, IMHO and this may be sacrilege, one thing I do not like about Ikes are the number of varieties. It's overwhelming for such a short series. When there are so many varieties, IMO, it diminishes the value of a being a variety.
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"this may be sacrilege," novillero, To me there is no sacrilege when it comes to Ike's Everyone's opinion is valid. and there observations are appreciated. I completely understand what you are saying about the amount of varieties. When I first started a couple of years ago with the Ike varieties. It was really hard to get my head wrapped around it all. (A lot of Excedrin  )especially the amount of minor Doubled Die Obverses for the 1971-S Which I personally think are variations in the die state not separate DDO's all together. Just my opinion. So I limited myself to the major varieties in the beginning. to begin with. I was into Morgan and Peace VAM's before I discovered the Ike's so my interest was mainly in variety collecting to begin with. Terry |
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Yeah, part of my problem is my limited experience and - I will acknowledge - my limited knowledge. And in my egocentric universe, if I do not "get it," I imagine many other people won't either.
But like you said, it is a wonderful hobby, where there is no insult in saying,"to each his own" and everyone's interests in this hobby constantly evolve. So I may be eating my words in a year or two.
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