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My grandfather passed away long before I was born. He had a massive coin collection, but unfortunately it was stolen by someone in the family. My mom told me she had one box of coins that were his that she had in storage before this happened. All are US Mint coins from 1967-1978'ish. Sentimentally this means a lot to me. My siblings aren't into coins so she gave them to me! I made a nice mix for each of them in case they change their mind in the future. I don't post much, but I do lurk and Jbucks love of Ikes was my first thought upon seeing how many Ikes are here. Total count is 14 "Brown" Ikes, 17 "Blue" Ikes, and two 1776-1976 sets. There's also some uncirculated mint set Ikes. Anyways, this is far from the more interesting stories posted on here, but I thought I would post anyways! Thanks for reading all! P.S. Sorry if pictures are bad, I'm still working on taking coin pictures and uploading pictures was a bit odd on this website.    |
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Rest in Peace
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 to posting! Jump in, water's fine... Boy, that sure will get JBuck's blood flowing, won't it! That's almost a complete set of each Ike, if the Mint sets are '73's, those weren't issued for circulation. Sorry to hear @ stolen collection, by the looks of what you have, it must have really been something.  Edited by Crazyb0
06/16/2017 11:08 pm
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Hi Crazyb0,
Yes, from what I'm told he had some really cool old coins. I wish I could have seen some of them and met the man. From the stories I hear we seem to be very similar. Unfortunately, I just took a quick look and none are 1973 :( . Thanks for the reply!
Edited by numismatic sensation
06/16/2017 11:13 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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 Very Nice collection with a history.  |
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Valued Member
South Africa
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow, those are some nice coins! Too bad the rest of his collection was stolen.  |
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United States
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Very Nice Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Stolen by a family member . Now Doesn't that make your blood boil . I keep at least half of my collection out in the open because of storage space or lack of it . Yeah ,I'm more worried about family members visiting me than some creep breaking into my house and stealing my life long collection . But on the bright side ,glad to here you obtained some of your Grandfathers coins .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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and  @JBuck is in for a treat for sure! Beautiful collections of Ike's. Thank you for sharing them with us! So sorry that the rest of the collection was stolen, especially by a family member. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very very nice ... The coins and packaging look like they are in great shape. Always nice to have some family coins in your collection. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Nice collection! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To the CCF! Very nice collection. Lots of silver. Love all the Brown Boxes |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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In Jbuck heaven, all the angels, and even the dishwashers, look like Eisenhower. to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Congratulations on such a great group of Ikes!
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Valued Member
United States
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welcome and nice looking Ikes.
Sorry to hear about the rest, this happened to me also.
uncle stole my grandfathers collection after he told the whole family that they would be mine after his passing.
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 That is very impressive! Thank you for sharing the photos (which are not as bad as you think). I am glad that you were able to get those, especially since you appreciate their sentimental value. Sorry to hear someone absconded with the rest of the collection. Not cool at all.  |
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