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Bedrock of the Community
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I started this a month or so ago .. but seem to forgot about it, until I run across some Ike's to buy. Today I picked up 40 more. I started wondering if others are doing something similar, and I am curious how they are deciding which Ike's to buy .. or not buy. When I am finished with this box I hope to have, one roll of BU 40% silver Ikes one roll of clad proof Ikes and the rest clad BU. I know some of the coins I am getting are not quite BU, but once I get the box full it will be easier to swap them out when I find more BU's. What I do when I am going through a group of Ike's is - Look for BU 71 and 72's - Then 73's through 78's - then I look at 72's that might not be BU, but might be TY- 2 or TY 3,s - Then BU 76's Is this what others are doing? Of course I look for any 40% BU's, but I have not been seeing many of them local lately. I only have 6 BU 40%'er so far .. but I can tell this will be one of my favorite rolls, when I have all 20. I do have a complete roll of clad proofs ... but the silver BU's ones ... are my favorite. With todays purchase I am at 380 coins ..    Edited by GR58
08/29/2013 5:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Are these circulated Ikes? Or Proofs? Or Special Mint sets?
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Excuse me while I stare and drool.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I know...I think I see some DCAMs in there...
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Bedrock of the Community
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There is a roll of Clad proof coins .. from proof sets.
Some BU 40% Ike's from blue packs
and a lot of "P" and "D" Bu coins .. many cut from mint sets
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Pillar of the Community
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They all look very nice!
What you going to do with the proofs?
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Bedrock of the Community
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What you going to do with the proofs? Put them back in the roll ... put the roll in the box. Same as all the rest. I have a completed Dansco album. I am not even sure what I am going to do with any of them. Just thought it would be cool to have a box of 500 coins. It is turning out that I like it so much .. might even do two boxes ... |
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It is turning out that I like it so much .. might even do two boxes ... Ikes are very addicting, once your start with any you end up with a hoard or maybe thats just me  Great looking box you have there though, I love the idea |
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Great looking box you have there though, I love the idea Thanks basebal21 ... when I started .. I just wanted to put some rolls of Ike's way .. then I saw the box on Wizard's web site .. I thought .. why not do 25 rolls .. I was hoping some other CCF members were putting always Ike's in bulk, and share how they pick what coins to buy. |
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Are you able to find them at banks or coin shop/eBay ?
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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I too have discovered the squared coin tubes! I just bought a couple hundred for my Canadian Cent horde, I will get more for the rest of my coins.
While I don't have nearly as many Ikes as you I do have a couple hundred in flips, mostly circulated. I use a binder for mine.
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I was hoping some other CCF members were putting always Ike's in bulk, and share how they pick what coins to buy. I generally just try and find rolls for reasonable prices. If you have a line on good quality 72 p and 71 p youre doing better than most. The 72p is like hunting a unicorn for me, I can find an okay one here and there but never anything in quantity where I could actually be picky and sort though. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Mostly coins shops ..
I have been in coin shops .. a few different ones in this area,
where they are buying collection and don't really want to buy
a large amount of Ike's. Sometimes 50 to 200 coins. I will offer
to buy them, to save them from taking them to the bank. I spend a
lot of time in LCS's, so I run into a lot of situations like this.
Sometimes they are wanting to dump a lot of mint sets .. and I can
get them for near face.
I try to sort out the better coins .. and dump the rest at the bank.
And there are a few times a year, through friends and family, I buy
collections. When this happens I keep the coins I want, and sell the rest
at LCS.
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Ive been trying to decide if I should search ikes
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Bedrock of the Community
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I too have discovered the squared coin tubes I think the square tubes are the best .. they stack better. When I buy tubes .. I try to get square. Quote:
If you have a line on good quality 72 p and 71 p youre doing better than most. The 72p is like hunting a unicorn for me, I can find an okay one here and there but never anything in quantity where I could actually be picky and sort though. Going back to putting my Dansco Ike album together, I found out how hard it is to get nice 71 and 72's, so I agree ... as most know they were not in the mint sets .. so they can't be harvested there. So 71/72 Ikes are what I look for first .. I think I have some good ones .. but I pretty much buy them and put them in the rolls .. maybe I will sort through them when I get a full box. |
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If they were mine, at some point (perhaps after a beer or two), I would put them all in a big pile in the living room, and dive in.
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