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"PCGS-Perfect" #1 Proof Ike Set
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"PCGS Perfection" is a daunting goal.
Click #1PR.IKES
Admittedly this is a relatively smaller set, however, pcgs proof 70 Ikes become available quite rarely. The mere size of the coin, with its "smooth" design and large fields, makes finding clean examples extremely difficult.
Thank you for your assistance, Wondercoin.
PS. check "registrant's other sets" for additional updates
Click #1PR.IKES
Admittedly this is a relatively smaller set, however, pcgs proof 70 Ikes become available quite rarely. The mere size of the coin, with its "smooth" design and large fields, makes finding clean examples extremely difficult.
Thank you for your assistance, Wondercoin.
PS. check "registrant's other sets" for additional updates
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All i can say, is I hope the price stays up in the stratosphere for you. I think these are ready for a huge tumble, but who am i to know!
Awesome set!
Ike Specialist
Finest Toned Ike I've Ever Seen, been looking since 1986
Yes, it does look like PCGS is "making more PR70DC Ikes". If memory serves me right - they have made (3) THIS ENTIRE YEAR for the entire series. I just finished looking at around 10,000 recently graded PR69DCAM specimens - I personally found only a handful of coins that even had an outside shot to go PR70DCAM in my opinion - but they all missed. Ikes are very tough coins to obtain in perfect PR70DC due to their size and generally imperfect planchets. Congrats again!
STATS FOR THOSE INTERESTED:
According to the on line PCGS Pop report, PCGS has graded 56,857 PR Ikes( over 42,000 PR69DCAMS)
Out of that, now 41 PR70s (I BELIEVE ONLY AROUND A DOZEN ACTUALLY GRADED OVER THE PAST 3-4 YEARS DURING WHICH TIME THE MAJORITY OF THESE IKES WERE SUBMITTED FOR GRADING).
1% would be 568 70s
1/10 of 1% would be 57
So. 70s are less than 1/10 of 1% of the graded Pop, not including the tens of thousands that have been looked at by PCGS but not graded ( minimum bulk grading).
Wondercoin
As some may know, many years ago a submission yielded 30-32 pf70 Ikes dated 1972-s and 1974-s (some of those coins did not measure up, and were subsequently bought back by pcgs, to the best of my knowledge). Since this large group of 30-32 pf70 coins was graded, only about one dozen pf70 Ikes have been made, and from what I have seen, pcgs has been incredibly strict on any proof Ike getting into a pcgs holder.
Mitch mentioned that only three have been made this year, and I believe that is true.
The percentage of pf70s vs. pf69s is one of the lowest, if not the lowest among all modern U.S. proof coinage.
Segoja, I read on a prior thread that 10 extra top-grade ms Ikes will be available at the St. Louis show. Through years of involvement with Ikes, I think seeing this many in one place is very rare indeed. Good luck with your sale.
Not to be too nitpicky, but c'mon, post the pics up. (reg sets without pics always bug me a bit, and a perfect set like that is SCREAMING to be seen by the world.)
But most importantly, congratulations.
I gave up on proof Ikes long ago, because I had such a hard time trying to make ANY 69's
A 70 must be spectacular! Let alone, THAT MANY of them!
What's next on the agenda?.....MS Ikes?
Brian
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Seriously, I just do not have access to the equipment and capabilities necessary to produce pix that would pass the inspection of this crowd, or do the coins justice. Thanks for the nice comments. Perhaps someday pix will be available.
It deserves to be said again.............unbelieveable accomplishment.
congrats
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Congratulations. Well done job.
I'm proud to follow you in the table.
Fantastic achivement.
Edson