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Has anyone here had any success with silver dollar searching?
If so, how often do you find silver silver dollars?
How do you usually search for them (as in, do you go to banks and ask for loose ones, etc.)?
I ask, because I've been driving around stopping in at banks in my area and asking for half dollars, and when they say no, they usually offer to sell me their silver dollars.
Thanks. Oblaka out.
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Pillar of the Community
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In the unlikely event I am in a bank with Ike's or Large dollars I take them all.
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in the unlikely event I am in a bank with Ike's or Large dollars I take them all. Same. I think I have somewhere over $300 face in IKEs. Haven't even searched through them other than silver. |
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They are probally talking about susan b anthony's its rare for them to have lots, if any ikes.
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Pillar of the Community
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so, are all the ikes silver?
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Pillar of the Community
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wikipedia wasn't altogether clear on the silver content of some of the larger coins...
i guess the other question is, can you 'search' through silver dollars the way people do with dimes and halves?
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In short no you cant. Ikes are not silver with the exception of the silver ones... I know that sounds weird but only SMS Ikes were issued in 40% silver (you dont find these in circulation). I have got over 150$ in ikes and never found a silver one. I have sold ikes for 1.25 each though so I always get one.
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Ive searched probably $500 in Ikes in the last couple years, no silver ones yet! I did just buy two browns in the boxes for $7 apiece, my dealer had several sets, I picked out the best two. As far as finding Peace or Morgan dollars, it's still possible if they can make it past the teller's greedy little fingers. Personally, I haven't found either, but I have dug both, (1887 and 1924). When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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hmm...it seems you could order boxes of them kind of like you do with everything else? or perhaps it's just too late and everyone's snatched up all the Peace dollars, etc. |
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If your bank is cooperative, they can order you boxes of dollars, but they can't specify what kind other than specific Presidential dollars in a two or three week window just after release. That means they are going to get random small dollars, i.e., mixed Susies, Sacs and Presidents. They can't in my understanding order "large dollars" which would be most likely all clad Ikes anyway. When a bank winds up with these, they are because a customer has brought them in. |
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I have searched four 1000-count bags of Ikes this year. There were two silver Ikes in all that number. I found no Walkers or Peace dollars. I found one common nickel, but that was it for variety. Ths same bag actually had 1008 Ikes in it, so I got a $8.05 bonus. |
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haha nice, its always nice getting free money.... I remember one time I bought $40 worth a $2 bills and when I got home and opened the envelope there was $44 in there
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I have actually been able to order bags of Ike's from a local bofa. Thinking about doing it again soon. Have been through $1.5K and found only 1 40% silver Ike, though have found a few proof's. I'm sure if I did enough I would eventually find a Morgan or Peace dollar or two but in general would expect the occurrence to be exceedingly uncommon. Ike's were first minted in the 70's after silver was already removed from general coinage, so there were no Ike's minted with silver for general circulation. The silver Ike's that were minted were intended for collectors. Kennedy half dollars on the other hand were minted 64-70 with silver and those blend in with the clad Kennedy's so they are easily missed by some people. Have had much better silver find success searching half dollars |
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Agree. Waste of time to search Ikes for silver. I collect Ikes because they are cool, not because they are silver.
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Posted 10/15/2010 4:02 pm
