Bring back Ike Dollars!

ressikanflute

I've done a little experiment the past few weeks.

I bought $100 worth of Andrew Jackson Presidential Dollars...

I bought roughly $100 worth of Ike dollars...

I've spent them all on small purchases and can tell you from first hand experience... the cashiers hate the Presidential Dollars! They yawn, look perplexed, or frown in disgust.

Pull a few Ike's out of my pocket and their eyes light up. They argue over who gets to buy them. I even gave out too many and got a dollar bill in return. They are loud, bold, nostalgic.

Hint to the Mint... for presidential dollars... bring back the Ike's or something Ike-like...

pheh

Likely because they all ignorantly think they are silver. Ever want to make your local dealers life miserable? Go spend a $1,000 in Ikes around his shop.

droopyd

<< <i>Likely because they all ignorantly think they are silver. >>



What, people are ignorant?

cars

Ike dollars suck for consumers and businesses. They are too large & heavy.

drei3ree

I love Ikes and coin collecting in general. However, I rarely carry cash and hate pocket change. Big coins are just big pocket change. I don't think it would ever be accepted.

GRANDAM

GrandAm

mach19

MAKE A NICE $5.00 COIN






















AND THEN A $10.00 COIN

GrumpyEd

<< <i>think they are silver >>



I think that's the reason, they're silver dollar size so they think they're silver. I had a co-worker tell me he had a hoard of old coins, it was a can of circ Ikes! I told him they weren't silver and he said "they're so big they must be worth something". I didn't reply but I was thinking "atleast 1 dollar".

LindeDad

I Know the lady on the roach coach at work likes the Ike's and the Kennedy's too. I 've been spening them for the ;last couple of months and she calls me the coin man. She says her customers down the line are now asking her if she has any of them that they can buy.
Mint sets are not safe at my house.

mach19

<< <i>I Know the lady on the roach coach at work likes the Ike's and the Kennedy's too. I 've been spening them for the ;last couple of months and she calls me the coin man. She says her customers down the line are now asking her if she has any of them that they can buy.
Mint sets are not safe at my house.
>>







Syl., I have not heard the term roach coach in a long time. Brings back memories

sumnom

It would be trippy if Ikes were in general circulation.

morgandollar1878

<< <i>It would be trippy if Ikes were in general circulation. >>




Then they would only be worth 1.00000000005 instead of 1.05 for cicualted pieces

GrumpyEd

<< <i><< It would be trippy if Ikes were in general circulation. >> >>



In some countries they use Sac dollars, maybe that's where the Ikes went.

"Although not widespread in the United States, the Sacagawea dollar is very popular in Ecuador and other foreign countries that have made the US dollar their currency. Since dollarization, an estimated 500 million coins, approximately half of those minted, have been used in Ecuador, El Salvador, and other Latin American countries."

wiki about sacs in other countries

Coxe

Ikes were a bad idea originally. Another dead president, an exceptionally ugly one at that, and in low relief on a huge coin that nobody wanted, except maybe Nixon's pals. Reverse design wasn't bad though.

crypto79

<< <i>Likely because they all ignorantly think they are silver. Ever want to make your local dealers life miserable? Go spend a $1,000 in Ikes around his shop. >>



This is one of the most insightful posts I have ever read on this site.

DBSTrader2

So WHO had $100 in IKES hanging around for you to buy?

notwilight

I spend a lot of no-grade pres and sac dollars and they are always received with either no comment business as usual or positive interest. --Jerry

TwoSides2aCoin

I tipped a waitress with a Susan B. Anthony dollar, and she slapped me

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>Ike dollars suck for consumers and businesses. They are too large & heavy. >>

Yes, at 22.68 grams, they're far too heavy. Much better to use quarters, which only weigh 5.67 grams each.

InternetJunky

<< <i>I tipped a waitress with a Susan B. Anthony dollar, and she slapped me >>

ambro51

MisterBungle

I tipped a waitress with a Susan B. Anthony dollar, and she slapped me
-----
It wasn't the method of payment that caused her to slap you,
it was the amount!!

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ProofArtworkonCircs

<<I tipped a waitress with a Susan B. Anthony dollar, and she slapped me
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It wasn't the method of payment that caused her to slap you,
it was the amount!!>>

It might not have been the amount; it was the perceived apparent amount of $0.25.

AUandAG

<< <i>So WHO had $100 in IKES hanging around for you to buy? >>



My bank has gobs of them. Just have to ask. Seems they just sit on them
waiting for someone to ask for them. All circulated and slot played Vegas
coins.
bob

cars

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<< <i>Ike dollars suck for consumers and businesses. They are too large & heavy. >>

Yes, at 22.68 grams, they're far too heavy. Much better to use quarters, which only weigh 5.67 grams each. >>



I never accumulate $1 in change, as it would no longer be change, It would be $1 and would have been spent :-)