I can't remember saying to myself, "Self, let's collect Ike dollars!" and yet ...

mirabela

... I seem to be falling in love with the things. What's up with that?

Swampboy

I got one in change at a coin show a month ago and it's been in my pocket ever since.
The series is growing on me.
I definitely would like to find a few nice examples for my collection. Toned and otherwise.

segoja

Why...because they are cool coins, particularly when they have neat color or are high grade.

Always buying and selling these puppies!!!

amiller

Same experience here, too. While taking inventory of the US/World set I acquired from my grandfather, I set out to "finish" his date/mm Ike set by adding "the other 2" of the 3 1972 reverse types... then after finding the Ike Group... I found there are many more Ike varieties to be found! Two years later and I spend 90% of my collecting time looking at Ikes.

itsnotjustme

I guess I just took to them also. My priorities:

1793 - 1964 Type Set
1859 Mint Set with Gold (Why I do not know)
MS Ikes
MS Ike Errors (I have clips, off centers, and mis-aligned dies....)

VirtualWon

Your a victim!!

How dare presidents use slogans.


I like Ike

Dang man I think they have people to help with that.

Hello my name is Mirabela and I have been brainwashed by a political cult...

19Lyds

<< <i>I guess I just took to them also. My priorities:

1793 - 1964 Type Set
1859 Mint Set with Gold (Why I do not know)
MS Ikes
MS Ike Errors (I have clips, off centers, and mis-aligned dies....) >>



Please do share.................

mirabela

Bayard's post reminded me of these.

My collection exceeds the wildest dreams of my childhood. When I was a kid, I don't think these coins had started looking like this. They just looked like big, annoying pocket change.

SkyMan

M,

Fun coins.

AJ2525

Hello,

I posted here about an impulse purchase of $300 Ikes from the bank yesterday. After pulling a couple of the nicer ones and looking for varieties I realize I have almost 80 of the Ikes sitting around in my accumulation.

not as nice as the ones you posted pictures of but still a collection of them.

Oh well, I enjoyed looking through them and learned a little.

Cheers

ponderit

I'm the same way. I never paid much attention to them until a few years ago. They have sparked my interst a little since and I've picked up a few nice ones from some shows.

bigmarty58

Ike's can be fun, this past year my daughter and I put together a nice BU Dansco. It didn't brake the bank and we had a good time

Robert

Gandyjai

Not too l long ago, I never would have never dreamed I would be looking for "Friendly" Eagles ~vs~ "Angry" Eagles on the
reverse of any US coin.



Now, I'm addicted to the darned things!

Brian

I Love Variety & Error Ikes!

tsacch

they are nice in a plain sort of way....I always like big coins....

Matt, get any new ones lately?

kryptonitecomics

<< <i>they are nice in a plain sort of way....I always like big coins....

Matt, get any new ones lately? >>




Yes....too plain for my tastes

ClosedLoop

probably because they're so big and shinny.

Hyperion

it really is an oddly compelling series... I started off with a couple that came out of mint sets.. I put them in an album when I split the sets for the other issues... then... they started looking pretty good in that album....

19Lyds

The Original Presidential Dollar!

barbershopper

Ike dollars are a special series in my opinion.
Too bad they span such an abreviated time period.

JT