1971 S Ike - Blue Box/ Brown Box? - Coin Community Forum

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ArrowsAndRays Pillar of the Community United States 1655 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 12:09 pm The blue is uncirculated, the brown is proof, and they're both 40% silver? I know little about modern US coinage, so pardon the dumb questions! Report this Post to the Staff

CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 12:25 pm That's correct. Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 12:43 pm ...and the colors refer to the packaging. The 40% UNC were in a blue folder, and the 40% Proof were in a "wood grain" print package. The only dumb question is one that is not asked! Edited by oih82w8 03/26/2012 6:04 pm Report this Post to the Staff
hermanwilliams Valued Member United States 309 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 1:21 pm Sometimes I am tempted to point out to middle school kids, that the only dumb question is one you already know the answer too. Just sayin'. Report this Post to the Staff
ContraJame Valued Member United States 292 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 1:35 pm I've always heard people say the only dumb questions are the ones you never asked. I'm not sure if I chose not to ask them because they were dumb, or if not asking was the dumb part. Report this Post to the Staff
stewart Pillar of the Community United States 1126 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 2:21 pm Quote: The only dumb question is one that is not asked! 100% Report this Post to the Staff
ArrowsAndRays Pillar of the Community United States 1655 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 8:10 pm Thanks everyone! Report this Post to the Staff
JimHSoars Valued Member United States 72 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 9:33 pm I know the 1971 silver proof Ike came in a brown pack. I am fairly sure the '72,73 and '74's also came in brown packs. To submite them to, say, PCGS should they be removed from the U.S. Mints sealed plastic holder? Will PCGS remove the coin? - Jim Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 02:05 am , JimHSoars! The TPG will grade GSA dollars in original mint packaging. Since the same packaging is used on the Ikes, I would think they'd do the same for them. I wouldn't bother, tho. Report this Post to the Staff
stewart Pillar of the Community United States 1126 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 07:01 am Just a Thought From another thread where I was having a discussion along the same lines Quote: There is one thing I have an awfully hard time doing is removing proof Ike's from their original Government holders. Over the years that I have been collecting them. I have noticed that Brown Box Ike's get cracked out of their plastic at a tremendous pace. Just one dealer here in the town where I live cracks out every one that he gets to list them on ebay and put them in the shop. We were discussing it one day, and he said he has hundreds of empty Brown Box packages back in his dumpster every month. He also told me about he had heard that someone had designed a small machine to more efficiently crack them out of the plastic. A light bulb went off, If just one coin shop is cracking them out by the hundreds a month and there is a small machine or machines out there cracking them out by who knows how many a month. How long before the ones in the Original Government Packaging become de-populated I like to keep mine in the Original Government Packaging for my son and the children he has someday. Unless it ends up being a Very Rare Variety and I need to sell it for some cash. I could send it in then. But once I crack it out, It can not be put back to original Just another weird train of thought, I tend to get them more and more as I get older Not sure yet if it is a good thing or a bad thing Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 12:12 pm Let's see, 8+ million brown Ikes, 8000 cracked out a month = you plan on being around 83 years from now? I don't. Report this Post to the Staff
stewart Pillar of the Community United States 1126 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 1:40 pm BiggFredd Man I certainly hope not, Hurts my head to even think about getting that old This is just one of many hobbies for me. I was thinking along the lines of the Grand Children and Great Grand Children. Basically thinking how cool it would have been for my Grandfather to have a bunch of Morgan's from the GSA sales still in the original holders. I remember seeing Moving boxes full of Brown Box Ike's come into the coin shop that I frequented when I was a teenager go straight to the smelter on a weekly basis. During the 79-80 run up in the silver prices Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188130 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 3:27 pm Quote: I remember seeing Moving boxes full of Brown Box Ike's come into the coin shop that I frequented when I was a teenager go straight to the smelter on a weekly basis. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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