Ike Dollar On Ebay, Is This For Real?

may be that its not MS-67 quality pictures. You can pretty much guarantee PCGS scrutinized that coin pretty well before giving it a top pop grade. They are notorious for trying to keep the top pop the top pop for quite awhile and if at all possible will give it a lower than top pop just to keep the pops low on the highest graded of the type so when they do go on sale they bring big money because so many people with the registry sets will be fighting over the ones that comes to the market at any given time


Check out numismedia price guide for 1878 7TF Morgans. In MS-64 it lists for $238.00, for MS-65 its $1,160.00 and for MS-66 its $6,190.00 and for MS-67 a whopping $21,880.00 and there are some 67's out there. One grade can definitely make a huge difference in price

I agree, the coin in hand is likely to be much different.




Yes, but there are people who like those type of coins, no matter how crazy that appears to be. Remember that all people have different tastes in coins.

Some very interesting comments.
There are some Ike collectors that are into the registry thing
I for one am not one. And a coin like this one would definitely
help ones registry ranking. Being that there are more Ike registry
sets than both Morgan's and Peace dollars. (PCGS Registry Sets)
Plus the fact that finding any Ike above MS66
is just a very cool and hard thing to begin with.
There are other Ike collectors that just recognize that
Eisenhower dollars are just in a unique place in numismatic history
right now.
It is an almost 40 year old coin that comes in both Cuni-Clad
and Silver specimens. Only minted for 8 years, Has an incredible
number of Major varieties for such a short production run.
Is the last large Silver dollar made for general circulation.
Due to Minting Production,Storage and Distribution Methods
of the,time finding them in any kind of high grade
is very very difficult.
I am not trying to convince anybody about Eisenhower's to
collect them or how great the are or anything like that.
As a matter of fact "I like Ike" But I love Walker halves
Also the more Ike collectors there are the more competition
for the high grade ones.
Those that are seriously into Eisenhower's understand
these things like second nature,how far they have come
in the last 10 years and that it is only in the last
few years that ANY kind of serious study of the series
has taken place.
Just some facts for such high prices for what some
consider an ordinary modern coin.
Below is a list of registry sets on PCGS
because I did not want to start a flame war on the comment
comparing Ike's to Morgans and Peace
registry sets above. Been through this debate already.
Information compiled by GRANDAM on another forum

As per the number of sets registered in the PCGS Registry

Dollars (12)

United States Dollars Date Set, Circulation Strikes (1794-Present) (12)

Early Dollars (50)

Early Dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1794-1803) (28)
Early Dollars with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1794-1803) (16)
Early Dollars with Bolender & Bowers/Borckardt Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1794-1803) (3)
Early Dollars with Bolender & Bowers/Borckardt Varieties with Silver Plugs, Circulation Strikes (1794-1803) (2)
Early Dollars Basic Set, Proof (1801-1804) (1)
Early Dollars Complete Variety Set, Proof (1801-1804) (0)

Liberty Seated dollars (42)

Liberty Seated dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1840-1873) (24)
Liberty Seated dollars Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (1840-1873) (3)
Liberty Seated dollars Basic Set, Proof (1836-1857) (0)
Liberty Seated dollars with Major Varieties, Proof (1836-1857) (2)
Liberty Seated dollars Complete Variety Set, Proof (1836-1857) (0)
Liberty Seated dollars Basic Set, Proof (1858-1873) (10)
Liberty Seated dollars Basic Set, Proof (1836-1873) (3)
Liberty Seated dollars with Major Varieties, Proof (1836-1873) (0)
Liberty Seated dollars Complete Variety Set, Proof (1836-1873) (0)

Trade dollars (49)

Trade dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1873-1878) (5)
Trade dollars with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1873-1878) (19)
Trade dollars Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (1873-1878) (4)
Trade dollars Chop Mark Set, Circulation Strikes (1873-1878) (10)
Trade dollars, Proof (1873-1885) (11)

Morgan dollars (1,390)

Morgan dollars Date Set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (380)
Morgan dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (494)
Morgan dollars with Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (211)
Morgan dollars Prooflike Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (51)
Morgan dollars Prooflike with Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (30)
Morgan dollars Prooflike Only Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (18)
Morgan dollars Prooflike Only with Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (12)
Morgan dollars Top 100 VAM Set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (42)
Morgan dollars Top 100 plus Hot 50 VAM set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (32)
Morgan dollars Hit List 40 VAM Set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (18)
Morgan dollars Major VAM set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (22)
Morgan dollars Super Set, Circulation Strikes (1878-1921) (52)
Morgan dollars Basic Set, Proof (1878-1904) (14)
Morgan dollars with Major Varieties, Proof (1878-1921) (9)
Morgan dollars with Major Varieties and Branch Mints, Proof (1878-1921) (4)
Morgan dollars Complete Variety Set and Branch Mints, Proof (1878-1921) (1)

Peace dollars (569)

Peace dollars Date Set, Circulation Strikes (1921-1935) (191)
Peace dollars, Circulation Strikes (1921-1935) (284)
Peace dollars, Circulations Strikes and Proof (1921-1935) (37)
Peace dollars Top 50 VAM Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (1921-1935) (33)
Peace dollars Super Set, Circulation Strikes (1921-1935) (24)

eisenhower Dollars (1,457)

Eisenhower dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1971-1978) (315)
Eisenhower dollars with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1971-1978) (206)
Eisenhower dollars Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (1971-1978) (77)
Eisenhower dollars Basic Set, Proof (1971-1978) (192)
Eisenhower dollars with Major Varieties, Proof (1971-1978) (592)
Eisenhower dollars Complete Variety Set, Proof (1971-1978) (75)

Susan B. Anthony dollars (772)

Susan B. Anthony dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1979-1981, 1999) (42)
Susan B. Anthony dollars with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1979-1981, 1999) (189)
Susan B. Anthony dollars Basic Set, Proof (1979-1981, 1999) (151)
Susan B. Anthony dollars with Major Varieties, Proof (1979-1981, 1999) (390)

Sacagawea dollars (892)

Sacagawea dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (2000-present) (94)
Sacagawea dollars with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (2000-present) (237)
Sacagawea dollars Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (2000-present) (60)
Sacagawea dollars, Proof (2000-present) (501)

Presidential dollars (1,283)

Presidential dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (2007-2016) (144)
Presidential dollars Position A & B Set, Circulation Strikes (2007-2016) (35)
Presidential dollars with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (2007-2016) (11)
Presidential dollars Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (2007-2016) (8)
Presidential dollars Basic Set, Satin Finish (2007-2016) (97)
Presidential dollars Position A & B Set, Satin Finish (2007-2016) (25)
Presidential dollars with Major Varieties, Satin Finish (2007-2016) (38)
Presidential dollars Complete Variety Set, Satin Finish (2007-2016) (13)
Presidential dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes and Satin Finish (2007-2016) (77)
Presidential dollars Position A & B Set, Circulation Strikes and Satin Finish (2007-2016) (20)
Presidential dollars with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes and Satin Finish (2007-2016) (73)
Presidential dollars Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes and Satin Finish (2007-2016) (47)
Presidential dollars First Day of Issue Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (2007-2016) (114)
Presidential dollars First Day of Issue Position A & B Set, Circulation Strikes (2007-2016) (36)
Presidential dollars First Day of Issue with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (2007-2016) (57)
Presidential dollars First Day of Issue Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (2007-2016) (30)
Presidential dollars, Proof (2007-2016) (357)
Presidential dollars with First StrikesTM, Proof (2007-2016) (101)

This is not scientific, but I just think Ikes are really cool. If you spend an Ike, someone's face likely will light up. Or at least you will get a reaction of some sort. Yes, a 1969-S DDO penny is exciting to a collector, but any old Ike has a much bigger "wow" factor to the average person.