IKE COLLECTORS.....
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The one thing that we share as Ike collectors is a love , and passion
of collecting Ikes. One of those reasons is the challenge that Ikes offer.
Very few series offer as great a challenge as Ikes . You name it and Ikes have it. Doubled dies, triple dies, wrong planchets, prooflike coins, color coins, type # 2 's, clipped planchets, struck through coins, off center, the list goes on and on.
Few people realize just how difficult it is to put together a high grade, or otherwise unusual set of Ikes.
Wrong planchet Ikes are just as rare as 1943 copper cents !!
Many other high grade Ikes exist in populations of a handful, and sometimes a population of only 1 to 10.
I Own many high grade key coins of most of the other series, but NONE of them have given me as much pleasure as collecting Ikes !!!!!
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20 years ago, people laughed at me for collecting these.
The coins I put back then had several MS67 clads, which today are worth about 5-6 times what the same grade 1881-S Morgan is worth. The morgans were around $2000, while the Ikes were around $2-$5 per coin.
Who's laughing now???
I'll have my set at the Central States show, along with 3 off-metal planchets Ikes and several other major errors.
Additionally, I'll have a large supply if high grade Ikes for sale (250+ pieces)
Stop by table 1513 JMS COINS, Naperville IL
Ike Specialist
Finest Toned Ike I've Ever Seen, been looking since 1986
Few people realize just how difficult it is to put together a high grade, or otherwise unusual set of Ikes>>
I agrre, but...............
Don't forget the "Original" PKOKs!
Brian
I LOVE
That's funny, as I own the top NGC set as well, and I wasn't at the GNA show!!!
Who's set did you see, and what ranking where they really claiming.
Based on the NGC rankings, my set scores 11588, the next best set scores a mere 7893, not even close!
Ike Specialist
Finest Toned Ike I've Ever Seen, been looking since 1986
First it was bringing attention to clads and that was scary at the time since it
seemed at any time the whole world might start competing with me for coins. Also
there was huge hoarding of the first issues. I could barely afford to save any quarters
and here were people saving bags of dollars. There was also the impression these
coins made on you; they were horrid. The design to years to appreciate and the
quality of the early issues was just awful. There seemed to be no nicely made Ikes.
Indeed, it was about 1977 before I saw my very first gem Ike. This was when my at-
titude changed and I started looking a lot closer and would actually find gems once
in a while.
Ikes do have a lot going for them but it didn't seem so in 1971 or 1972.
<< <i><<Very few series offer as great a challenge as Ikes . You name it and Ikes have it. Doubled dies, triple dies, wrong planchets, prooflike coins, color coins, type # 2 's, clipped planchets, struck through coins, off center, the list goes on and on.
Few people realize just how difficult it is to put together a high grade, or otherwise unusual set of Ikes>>
I agrre, but...............
Don't forget the "Original" PKOKs!
Brian
I LOVE
Of course you are right about PKOK'S !! I recently purchased 2 from a dealer who thought they were " unusual ", a could not beleive the toning was real !!!