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Valued Member
United States
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I just bought $40 in Ikes from my bank...the most I've ever gotten. I took out the finest specimen for each date I needed and gave myself some much-needed upgrades for my 7070. What should I do with the rest? I know they are not very valuable, but would a dealer pay any more than face for them? There were no silver coins in the bunch.
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice find, hugemistake2003! My bank never has Ikes now, only the occasional Susie and lots of golden dollars from 2000. They also don't order any of the Presidential dollars either since probably no one aside from me asks for them. I'm sure someone on CCF would be happy to trade you for your extra Ikes, but don't take them back to the bank! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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pm me if you p'd like to sell or trade. You don't have any contact info listed so I couldn't pm you.
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Valued Member
United States
102 Posts |
Sorry for being a newbie, what are "ikes"? :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
they are 1 dollar coins minted from 1971-1978
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Valued Member
United States
162 Posts |
They go for a little over face on 'Bay, I saw someone recently had several auctions for 10 of them close betweek $10 and $25 + shipping (not sure if they lost money after fees on the low ones or if shipping covered the fees.)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i just bought 300 from my bank up here. I asked if they had any IKEs and the vault manager respond,
"how many you want?"
I love those responses.
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Valued Member
United States
335 Posts |
Sell some and have a contest with some.
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Valued Member
United States
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Ike was the nickname of Dwight D Eisenhower, who's on the dollar coin from 1971-1978
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2120 Posts |
Anyone know of any variations or chery picks I should be looking for through these 300 IKEs?
Probably gonna keep em, What do you guys think?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Hey, don't blow off Ikes, yes they're not the most sought after but the can still bring in 12-25 bucks apiece for unc or proof silver varieties. It cost me 15 bucks to get a Blue Ike to finish off a second collection for my kids.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First of all make sure none of them are silver (40%). It isn't too uncommon to find a few "S" mint Ikes as some people broke them out of their brown boxes from the Mint. Also be on the lookout for the valuable 1972 coins with the Type II Reverse http://reviews.ebay.com/1972-Type-1...000002147718 this link will show you how to identify them. Even circulated they go for $40 to $50. |
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United States
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Yea, I already checked for silver, obviously.
I couldn't remember what year had the funky reverses.. thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the 1975/76 bicent. Ike had 2 different varieties. Variety 1 has a "thicker/chunky" lettering on reverse and variety 2 has a thinner lettering on the reverse. Not much of a premium difference but still interesting. If you end up finding both varieties for the 1976(P) Ike, let me know if you want to get rid of them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i still need a type 1 "P" Ike Too. lol
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United States
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I have a '76 Type I & II - can't remember if they are P or D - let me check.
They are D's. They were given to me by my boss. He came in with a bunch of coins for me to look at and tell him if he had anything good. He had almost a complete set of Susan B's, including a wide rim and 2 Ikes. Thought it was funny that he only had 2 Ikes and they were type I & II's.
After I showed him the coins of interest, he said - "you can have them".
Sweet!
Edited by Scooby Due
07/11/2010 12:25 am
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Posted 07/10/2010 3:20 pm
