1973 Ike Scarce Date? I Don't Get It

It's not so much I disagree as that I see this from a very different perspective. Of course a million coins is by no means rare or scarce but I grew up in an era where two million of a coin made it highly scarce and desirable. Indeed, even today there are nearly two million '50-D nickels in mint state yet this coin goes for $6 and the Ike is only $4. Of course this is caused by far larger numbers of people collecting pre-1965 nickels than who collect Ikes. But this simply misses the point. In 1964 that same '50-D nickel went for about $200 in todays money and the scarcer Ike has never sold for more than about $9 in today's money.

I'm hardly suggesting that the Ike needs to be or ever will be worth $200 or that it should be more than the nickel. I'm merely suggesting that cu/ ni clad coins have never been widely collected and if this ever changes coins like '73 Ikes have a huge upside potential.

You might think there's not really any chance that cu/ ni clads will ever be collected but there are some 50,000,000 young adults who collected states quarters as children. This is the next generation of collectors!! The question is merely one of what will they want to collect. Where the previous three generations of collectors hate clad the next generation grew up with them as their first collection. They may or may not collect Ikes but they aren't going to hate them. Trying to train young collectors to hate clad will simply further thin their ranks.

You know there's another thing about that much more common '50-D nickel; most '50-D's look pretty much the same. Most of them are pretty decent coins. But this isn't true for '73 Ikes. Not only are '73 Ikes much scarcer but most of them are pretty junky.

Darth I created these threads because I don't get their worth.... so I wanted to see the view from other collectors who have a better understanding. I have a bunch because I got them with other coins from other collectors that I bought from. I only paid face value for all my IKES cause even when I bought them I didn't see them as valuable at all. However after reading some responses here I could see the upside potential over time now...

And if you ever get one that looks like this you will love them forever! This is a coin I never should have sold but did.



Best Regards,

George

Truth.


Wow. Sorry to hear.

I'm particularly fond of this '73, which is nestled safely in my registry set:

Yes.. by your pictures that ike looks better than 65

@cladking and daviscfad- the obverse is exceptionally clean with no distracting marks whatsoever. The toning is absolutely mesmerizing. Lots of pastel colors. I'm really surprised it didn't grade higher. I obtained this piece from James Sego. I have yet to be disappointed with a purchase from him. I'm glad he has an affinity for Ikes. We need a guy like him involved in the market.

One year later...