Blue Ikes

I wouldnt be too worried about it, any loss is going to be minimal. A lot of people cut these out for albums or to have them graded. Id rather cut the coin out and enjoy it more if thats what you want than worry if I just took a bit off the price. Theres not really a noticeable price different sealed or cut out on ebay, you can always save the token and the coa anyway if someone wanted that if you decided to sell it.

I cut mine out of the blue packs .. and break them out of the brown boxes.
Then put them in albums or coin tubes.

I buy quite a few of them, and pay the same if they are in the OGP or
if the are loose.

For me OGP takes up to much room.

I cut mine out and put them in 2x2's. I took the blue tokens in 2x2's as well.

Check the 73's and 74's carefully to make sure they are silver. So far two coppernickel clad 73 S 's have been found. One still in the government holder and believe it or not the other was found in a roll of coins from the bank.

Yea, I passed over some that weren't clear they were 40% in the ads. I make sure they state it's 40% or I don't bother on the later ones.

I'm confused Condor, the book says they made over 2.5 million CuNi 73s & 74s Ikes. What do you mean by "only two have been found"?

Rick

Those were for the Proof ones. Condor was referring to a clad S mint uncirculated version which are supposed to all be silver. Some how at least two clad plancets ended up getting stuck that werent proofs and got out at San Francisco. If you find one of those its a big money coin just like a Silver P or D mint coin would be.

My 2 cents:

I have a few Ike's to replace in my ancient Dansco album to spruce it up a bit.

I recently bought a 1971S blue Ike off ebay and was a bit disappointed. The listing said uncirculated and unopened, which it was. However the cellophane had been breached where the coin is to be sealed. The seller is located in Louisiana and with the high humidity there, it left the Ike slightly tarnished in a odd shade of aqua. The listing never mentioned the tarnish nor did it say the Ike was in BU condition.

To prevent further damage, I put it in an airtite capsule while keeping the OGP in a safe place. The one it was to replace in the album is far superior this ebay dreck.

I also bought 2 Ike's from Provident Metals. One is a 1971 Blue Ike and the other is the Company's choice of a 40% silver BU or Proof. It will be interesting to see if I get a jewel or junk, but for $10 I figure I still doing OK. These should arrive by next Tuesday.

I got a related question, but didn't want to break-out another thread. The Blue Ike is an Uncirculated (40% Silver) Dollar and the Brown Ike is a Proof (40% Silver) Dollar. Forgetting about the obvious difference between a Silver Ike and a CuNi Ike, what difference is there between a Blue Ike and a Brown Ike once broken out of their OGP?

I completely understand the proof coin manufacturing process and recognize the depth of strike difference between the Proof and Uncirculated coins, but I've seen enough 'bad' proofs or beautiful uncirculated coins to know that it's very tough to tell the difference.