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Hi folks: For my first series I'm collecting Ike dollars, cir & unc. What are the tough to get dates and mints? Finally, Is this what a 'key date' coin refers to? - Jim |
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"Key dates" are low mintage coins, so yes, they are hard to find in circulation.
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 I am sure that there is some edification coming your way on IKE's. Here is my little bit of info for ya, NUMISMEDIA.com Fair Market Collector Values, not to be the "end-all beat-all" resource, but will get you in the ballpark.  http://numismedia.com/fmv/pricesms/...esfull.shtmlAnd it appears that the 1972-P Type II is "a", if not "the" key to the series! Edited by oih82w8
02/14/2012 6:54 pm
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The 1973 and 1973 D dates are the key dates for circulation coins. here are the mintages for circulation coins:
1971.....................47,799,000
1971-D.................68,587,424
1972....................75,890,000
1972-D.................92,548,511
1973......................1,769,258
1973-D..................1,769,258
1974.....................27,366,000
1974-D.................45,517,000
1976 Type 1...........4,019,000
1976-D Type 1.....21,048,710
1976 Type 2.......113,318,000
1976-D Type 2.....82,179,564
1977.....................12,596,000
1977-D.................32,983,006
1978.....................25,702,000
1978-D.................33,102,890
Then there are the uncirculated coins, San Francisco mint:
1971-S 6,868,530
1972-S 2,193,056
1973-S 1,883,140
1974-S 1,900,156
1976-S 4,908,319
Then the Proof silver coins:
1971-S Silver 4,265,234
1972-S Silver 1,811,631
1973-S Clad 2,760,339
1973-S Silver 1,013,646
1974-S Clad 2,612,568
1974-S Silver 1,306,579
1976-S Clad Type 1 2,845,450
1976-S Clad Type 2 4,149,730
1976-S Silver 3,998,621
1977-S 3,251,152
1978-S 3,127,781
Good luck in gathering the set.
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Don't forget the NIFC years with mintages in the 2 or 3 million range.
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Welcome to the world of collecting Ikes. It can be a challenging set if you want to take a serious stab at putting together a gem set. Try to get as many MS-65 and above coins as your budget can handle. You may have to settle on MS-63 or MS-64 for the 1972 Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 coins- unless you want to spend a 150-200 per coin. I also recommend that you visit http://www.ikegroup.org and pick up their big book which is the best resource available on the series (Wexler's ARED V 2 is good but outdated). Also, I think the Ike Series is going to take off very soon. I am working on a very big and very numismatically important project with big implications- so, take that as some friendly advice. c Edited by cc99999
02/14/2012 9:26 pm
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I have a full Ike set that I built. Full aside from the type 2 and 3 72s. Those will go in the blank holes in the Dansco. I also have a seperaterun of proofs which includes my most expensive, a 73 PR68DCAM (not in the Dansco) and it was 40 bucks a year ago. All of the 73s, silver proof, silver uncirc and the P&D coins are what I would consider the key coins. The types of the 72s would be a sub category in my mind. Keys yes, but variety keys.
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02/14/2012 11:08 pm
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A larger hoard of these was discovered not long ago, my guess? they will be heavily marketed, slabbed/graded, made into sets, counter stamped?, plated, what have you.
Still, looking at current prices, the Ike is at least affordably collectible.
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@smokediron- congratulations on your set. I hope you like it.
@everything- Littleton bought a couple truck loads of bags of 74D 76D 77D and 78D Ikes. They are selling them on their website, some of them were graded by NGC- few graded above 65.
Again- with this series condition is the key, not the mintage. True the 1973 is a mint set only coin- but this does not make it a key by any stretch of the imagination. There literally are 2 million or more BU 1973 and 1973D coins- some of them are gem, not all of them, not half of them... Getting a gem 1971 or 1972 is harder than getting a gem 1973 ike.
If I was going to offer specific advice, I'd say this is the optimum collecting grade for the series
1971 MS-65
1971-D MS-66
1971-S Business Strike MS-67
1971-S Proof PR69DCAM
1972 TYPE 1 MS-65
1972 TYPE 2 MS-64
1972 TYPE 3 MS-65
1972-D MS-66
1972-S Business Strike MS-68+
1972-S Proof PR69DCAM
1973 MS-65
1973-D MS-66
1973-S Business Strike MS-68+
1973-S Proof PR69DCAM
1974 MS-65
1974-D MS-66
1974-S Business Strike MS-68+
1974-S Proof Silver PR69DCAM
1974-S Proof Clad PR69DCAM
1976 Type 1 MS-65
1976-D Type 1 MS-66
1976 Type 2 MS-66+
1976-D Type 2 MS-66+
1976-S Business Strike MS-68
1976-S Proofs PR69DCAM
1977 MS-66+
1977-D MS-66+
1977-S Proof PR69DCAM
1978 MS-66+
1978-D MS-66+
this is the best type of set to have if the prices of the series go up due to a higher profile of the series. The coins on this list are attainable but quite scarce. This is also a 100+ per coin set- but no coin here is more than 500. The next highest grade of some of these coins runs in the thousands.
buying Ikes at grades below MS-63 can be done for fun- but don't count on that type of coin ever going up in value much beyond face. They are rare in gem and common in bu.
c
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JimHBrass: Excellent list's gang! cc99999: Thanks, especially comprehensive list! *If you can, try and add these 2 coins to your collection. 1. *1971S SB DDO-004/DDR-021 in a MS63 Grade or higher. Listed by the IKE GROUP as the *TOP COLLECTIBLE DOUBLED DIE IKE (Pg 3 of 8- Chapter 13 Collectible Ike Varities Book) 2. 1971D FEV- RDV-006 Friendly Eagle where you can see the actual Space Shuttle on the Reverse. |
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If you're only looking for nice attractive specimens the toughest will be the '1976 type I since it usually comes pretty bad.
There are lots of varieties to the set and you might want to search for these if you're checking rolls.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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I started on these recently too. I had found enough while roll searching at banks to almost complete the circulation issues set, so I got a Dansco #8176. In fact, since 1973 is technically NIFC, I was only missing one circulation strike. I even have 1972 type 1 and 3 and the four type/mint combinations for 1976, a talon head, a *possible* peg-leg, and a couple nice strike-through errors.
The album has four blank holes at the end. What would Ike collectors consider the "Top 4" varieties? I've got 1972 type 3 in one of the slots right now. Maybe a '72 type 2&3, friendly eagle and that doubled die?
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I only have one variety in the extra four holes, a 1972 Variety 1 (the actual 1972 hole has a Variety 3). The other three holes are duplicates. Until I joined CCF, I never knew about the three 1972 varieties, so the two 1972 dollars were always duplicates in my mind. For the record, the four holes contain: 1971-D, 1972 (Variety 1), 1976 (Variety 1), and 1977-D.  |
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Ikes are a great series for a rookie collector. When I decided to start calling myself a collector, I began to collect Ikes too. There are enough coins in the series to make it interesting, but not so many you lose interest.
It's fun to learn all the in's and out's of Ikes, like all the different varieties and metal compositions they were made in.
Everyone here is right. '71's and '72 are hard to find in good condition. My Ike set is complete except for those two years of coins.
Ikes are great! Have fun with them!
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