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USMC_6115USMC_6115 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I had to do it after spending nearly a year trying to make one. These are tough to find...



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  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was going to bid on it yesterday but then saw you were bidding and I did not want to take it from you. imageimage
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    What is such a Ike specimen worth?
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is one currently on eBay, same date, same grade, etc. Current bid is $510.00. The auction will close sometime today.

    This is the type 1 which is scarcer in high grades than is the type 3.
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    There is one currently on eBay, same date, same grade, etc. Current bid is $510.00. The auction will close sometime today.
    DAMMMMMMMMMN! I'd better get the text that differentiates these Ikes. Me pops left me with several Ikes in the blue mint envelpoes...image Anything's possible!...image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    If you find some 72-P's in the blue mint envelopes, PLEASE ,PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THEM AND SELL THEM TO ME.

    The 72-P's in Type I have been bringing around $600-700 we'll see what this one pulls down. Aslo a 72-P Type II on e-bay as well (not mine). Any guesses as to what it brings???

    I jsut sold one in 65, actually traded it for an 81-CC in 65 AND a 85-CC in 66.

    How about that...one lowly Ike worth more than two high end CC dollars!!!!!
    JMSCoins Website Link


    Ike Specialist

    Finest Toned Ike I've Ever Seen, been looking since 1986

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  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I saw that 72-P Type 2. Currently, it is at $450.00. My guess is that is will bring in around $1,200.00.

    By the way....James......your 74D in 67 is a very nice coin. I meant to tell you that the other day after I looked at it on the registry site.
  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    1972 Type 1 PCGS MS65 Auction ending tonight with NO RESERVE. Link provided as a public service. image


    Here's some info on differentiating the types:

    1972 Ike Types History and Attribution


    razorface1027, the blue pack Ikes are specially produced silver-clad coins by the San Francisco mint. The 1972-P coins were not available in any mint packaging, which partially accounts for their difficulty in high grade.

    Interestingly, 1972 was the best of times and the worst of times, when it comes to uncirculated Ikes. 1972-S are the best produced of the entire series, while 1972-P are the worst.
    imageLibertarian Party
  • USMC_6115USMC_6115 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I paid $500.00 for that Type 1 which happened to be the seller's reserve. That was my original bid, and I was very surprised at the lack of competition - thank you Rampage imageimage

    Frankly, I didn't think I would win it at that price, and that's as high as I was going to go. My plan was to see how high it would go to use that as a guide for Supercoin's auction (nice and shiny)...I bid $500.00 on that as well and was quickly outbid. If I didn't win the other one, I'd bid intensely on Supercoin's (sorry Tad) as I'm sure it's going to go much higher.

    Still, I think I got a good deal on mine.....I think it's all timing???

    I also just picked up a raw 1972 Type 2 (actually don't have it yet - get it on Wednesday), which I think will go 65!!! I'll post pictures...

    The one up for auction now may go as high as $2000.00???
  • USMC_6115USMC_6115 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think when I do get the Type 2, I'm sending it to PCGS with the Express grading.....I simply can't wait a month, not for this one.
  • TrooperTrooper Posts: 1,450 ✭
    <<If you find some 72-P's in the blue mint envelopes, PLEASE ,PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THEM AND SELL THEM TO ME>>

    Segoja
    I'm a little confused by that statement. I thought the mint blue packages only help the "s" type coins. Those were the ones in the blue envelopes sealed with the plastic disc.

    Am I mistaken? Are there other types out there?

    Thanks
    Tom
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    OK...Thus far, I've retrieved 2 Ikes in the blue envelopes..71-S and 72-S. How do I tell what type it is and to differentitae between the types?....image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • TrooperTrooper Posts: 1,450 ✭
    Razor
    This site might help. It mentions the "s" on the bottom. I believe it's a members site.
    Ike Types <<<This is Supercoins page link. Thanks for the never ending knowledge Super, i didn't realize you posted earlier in the thread>>>

    Tom
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    Trooper; Thanks for the info.. Now, for the more brighter side of your day and those who "Like Ike." What if I were to venture that what I have in hand at this very moment was a type 2 (S) mint in, now I'm no pro. grader, MS-66, what would YOU do?.......image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • USMC_6115USMC_6115 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 3 types do NOT apply to the S mints. They only apply to the 1972 (P) mints. You won't find these in blue mint holders or mint sets. The S coins they are showing you at the bottom says that the are "real life examples."

    What you are looking for is with the tiny portrait of earth on the back of IKE. It's all about where the islands fall around Florida. Type 2 is by far the scarcest with no islands visible.

    I hope this helps...
  • TrooperTrooper Posts: 1,450 ✭
    Razor
    If I'm correct those "s" mint coins don't command that much of a premium. There's a ton on ebay right now in 66 grades. It's the 72 P Type 1,2,3's and the 1976 type 1 that are the gems.

    Massscrew--please correct me if i'm wrong....

    Tom
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    AHHHHHHHH yes, a more definitive answer! Thanks fellas for the info.. I guess I'll have to search through pop's stuff and see if I can't conjur up a P mint or 2...Thanks again!...image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • USMC_6115USMC_6115 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Trooper,
    You're correct. The tough coins in gem seem to be the 1971, 1972, and 1976 T1, all (P) mints.
  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    Tom,

    You are correct on the blue packs. They contain only "s" mint coins, hence my strong desire to buy a non "s" mint coin in a blue pack holder.

    No such thing as Type I and type II in the blue pakcs, EXCEPT, the 71-S.

    There is a "peg leg" 71-S which I discovered (credit in Wexler/Flynn's book) many many years ago.

    They bring $200-300 in 65, and are unknown in 66 or better!

    JMSCoins Website Link


    Ike Specialist

    Finest Toned Ike I've Ever Seen, been looking since 1986

    image
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    No such thing as Type I and type II in the blue pakcs, EXCEPT, the 71-S.

    AH! Then I may have something here! Please, if you could, describe the "Peg leg" type. Thanks in advance!...image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • TrooperTrooper Posts: 1,450 ✭
    Segoja
    Yes I actually have a peg leg in a 71 s Brown box Ike. I have a couple of the brown box ikes to compare it to so I know it is one.
    My 72 s Brown box ike shows a peg leg also. The only thing is i don't have another 72 to compare it to. But i know it definately looks like the 71 peg leg and does NOT resemble the 73's or other 71 I have with the serifs on the bottom of the "I". Are these common also for brown box Ikes?(72's that is)


    Also what other circulated Ikes (non s) have been know to have "peg legs"

    Thanks a bunch
    Tom
  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭
    Very nice....as he looks through HIS ikesimage
    Omnicoin
  • USMC_6115USMC_6115 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    $610.00 for the for Supercoins's Type 1:



    Ebay

    I thought it would go higher.
  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Trooper, the 71-S proof peg leg is less common than the normal variety, but not scarce. It's the 71-S unc that is rare in peg leg.

    The 72-S coins (proof and unc) are always peg-leg.
    imageLibertarian Party

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