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Who says IKE's aren't popular? image

Total IKE sets registered = 1457 sets

Total Morgan Dollar sets registered = 1390 sets

Total Presidential Dollar sets registered = 1283 sets

There are only 6 possible Eisenhower Sets in the Registry and 16 Morgan Dollar Sets which makes it all the more amazing considering the advantage that gives Morgan's number wiseimage

So,,,,, IKE's are #1,,,,, Morgan's are #2 & Presidential Dollar's are #3 image

What do you think about that? image

GrandAm image
GrandAm :)
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  • jsfjsf Posts: 1,889
    I think you'd better put down the pipe and step away. That stuff is going to your head.

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  • melvin289melvin289 Posts: 3,019 ✭
    Just a question. How mant coins make up a complete set of Ikes? It used to be 32 with the circulation strikes and proofs.
    I didn't see that as an option when I looked at the Ike Registry Sets.

    Ron
    Collect for the love of the hobby, the beauty of the coins, and enjoy the ride.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal, is very revealing, what they conceal is vital. Cheers, RickO
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's one way of looking at it.

    I enjoy your posts, GRANDAM. And it isn't just because I like your jump roping smiley. image
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    They are just the cheapest and most obtainable. They are a great entry point for collectors to start a set of coins that aren't still in circulation.
  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    since I have a ton of Ikes that I.d like to dump....I pray you are right
  • ModernDollarNutModernDollarNut Posts: 886
    PCGS Registry Set numbers are not so much "statistics" as a solid measure of the popularity of Ike sets among the PCGS Registry Set owners.

    If Subaru's were the car most entered in amateur auto races across the country, that would not be a statistic as much as a fact. Statistics have their greatest usefulness and impact when absolute measurements are not feasible and sampling techniques are therefore necessary.

    "What is the most popular (with males) breast shape/size?" cannot be easily "measured" but using a representative population of males one could come up with a statistical estimate that would be accurate to +/- some percentage depending on sample size and other parameters. If the study modalities included measurements of male turgor, "objectivity" would be "enhanced". . .

    Gary's PCGS Registry Set numbers are statements of fact and those facts might indeed be the best single measure we have of the relative popularity of the different Dollar Coin Series.

    Rob
    Modern dollars are like children - before you know it they'll be all grown up.....

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,882 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And SBA's are more popular than Peace dollars. I'm guessing that if PCGS established a two-coin Auntie Eunice set, it would not be the least popular set in the registry.
    John
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  • mrpotatoheaddmrpotatoheadd Posts: 7,576 ✭✭


    << <i>What do you think about that? >>

    I think it would be interesting to see the dollar value required to get into the top 10 in each division. I also think people who are competitive tend not to enter competitions they know they won't be competitive in.
  • LewyLewy Posts: 594 ✭


    << <i>I think it would be interesting to see the dollar value required to get into the top 10 in each division. I also think people who are competitive tend not to enter competitions they know they won't be competitive in. >>



    Exactly, popularity and affordability should not be confused.
  • GritsManGritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal, is very revealing, what they conceal is vital. Cheers, RickO >>




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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,771 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,490 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Just a question. How mant coins make up a complete set of Ikes? It used to be 32 with the circulation strikes and proofs.
    I didn't see that as an option when I looked at the Ike Registry Sets.

    Ron >>

    Wow! 3 more sets on the horizon!

    Eisenhower Dollars Basic Set, Circulation Strikes and Proofs
    Eisenhower Dollars with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes and Proofs
    Eisenhower Dollars Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes and Proofs

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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It just shows how numbers on paper can be misleading!image
  • 123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    I like Ike!image
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,534 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Eisenhower Dollars are the most popular $1 coin ever minted. >>



    I'd have never guessed.

    The unregistered morgans sets are probably far more numerous than unregistered Ike sets though.

    Tempus fugit.
  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I think it would be interesting to see the dollar value required to get into the top 10 in each division. I also think people who are competitive tend not to enter competitions they know they won't be competitive in. >>



    Exactly, popularity and affordability should not be confused. >>



    By definition high numbers means popular image

    Let's not be confused with the reasons WHY something can be popular image

    GrandAm imageimage
    GrandAm :)
  • pitbosspitboss Posts: 8,643 ✭✭✭

    I remember when they first came out, they were not popular then and certainly not popular now.
  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    By definition high numbers means popular.

    Sounds like you have the wikidoodle dictiionary! "It means whatever I say it means."
  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds like you have the wikidoodle dictiionary! "It means whatever I say it means." >>



    Yes, actually I do have that image I use to use it around the house with my wife image

    Funny thing is she RAN AWAY image not sure why??? image

    GrandAm image
    GrandAm :)
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    GrandAm, I have to ask...............What is your personal reason for collecting Ike's?
  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>GrandAm, I have to ask...............What is your personal reason for collecting Ike's? >>



    Well, probably the same reason that you collect dimes, I LIKE IKE'S image

    A high grade IKE is a truly BEAUTIFUL coin image And I am not kidding on this statement.

    GrandAm image
    GrandAm :)
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    GrandAm...........Does this mean you like the design of the Ike better than the Early and Seated and Morgan and Peace Dollars???
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,989 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal, is very revealing, what they conceal is vital. Cheers, RickO >>

    Post of the day in my opinion!! image
    When in doubt, don't.
  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>GrandAm...........Does this mean you like the design of the Ike better than the Early and Seated and Morgan and Peace Dollars??? >>



    Yes image

    I have a few Trade Dollars and Seated Dollars. I have Morgans. I have a complete set of Peace Dollars, all PCGS MS64 or better.

    image

    GrandAm image

    Edited to add,,,,, OK I'll come clean image The real reason that image so much is that I consider the coin to be a self portrait as I am a middle aged, fat, bald guy image
    GrandAm :)
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WOW....I'm speechless on how anyone could like the Ike better that a Seated Dollar or a Trade Dollar. I would put the Ike Dollar above the SBA's and the Saq's and the Prez Dollars and below all the rest.

    The reason I ask is that while I collect all dimes.........Roosevelts are my least favorite. Actually I collect them because I have to because they are part of the Complete Dime set.

    I'm sure if you did a poll thread and everyone voted..........Ike's would come in 6th at best. Behind Early, Seated, Morgan, Trade and Peace Dollars.
  • SeaEagleCoinsSeaEagleCoins Posts: 3,262 ✭


    << <i>Statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal, is very revealing, what they conceal is vital. Cheers, RickO >>




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  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    This is why so many people have a SET
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah, if you define "popularity" that way, McDonalds hamburgers are more "popular" than Lobster, Ford Taurus are more popular than Ferrari, etc..

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Crypto79......I agree, but what some of the top guys pay for high grade Ike's........you could buy a bunch of beautiful classic coins!!!!
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey Gary you forgot to add in us Dollar date set. Also there are a couple of complete dollar sets out there also.
    My Current project....https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/album/160794
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,534 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>WOW....I'm speechless on how anyone could like the Ike better that a Seated Dollar or a Trade Dollar. I would put the Ike Dollar above the SBA's and the Saq's and the Prez Dollars and below all the rest.

    The reason I ask is that while I collect all dimes.........Roosevelts are my least favorite. Actually I collect them because I have to because they are part of the Complete Dime set.

    I'm sure if you did a poll thread and everyone voted..........Ike's would come in 6th at best. Behind Early, Seated, Morgan, Trade and Peace Dollars. >>



    An Ike is a far better looking coin than a morgan. The reverse of the Ike
    is both impressive and beautiful despite how it came into existence. The
    obverse is... ...well... ...as good as you can get for what it is.

    I extremely dislike the obverse of the morgan and only partially because
    it is too "busy". The reverse is nothing to get excited about.

    I do prefer the bust dollar design to the Ike. The peace dollar comes in 2nd.

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Even though I hate the morgan de-
    sign I actually collected them years ago before they got popular. ...go figure.
    Tempus fugit.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,534 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Crypto79......I agree, but what some of the top guys pay for high grade Ike's........you could buy a bunch of beautiful classic coins!!!! >>



    For what some people pay foir classics you can buy a bunch of beautiful and much rarer moderns.

    Ultimately the hobby is about rarity even if pricing is mostly about demand.
    Tempus fugit.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,534 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    By definition high numbers means popular image

    Let's not be confused with the reasons WHY something can be popular image

    >>



    Exactly.

    No doubt Ikes are more popular as registry sets because you can compete
    in the high grades for much less money despite the fact that most Ikes are
    much scarcer.

    Why not like Ike.
    Tempus fugit.
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cladking you did the unspeakable!!! You used modern and rare in the same sentence!!!image


    Sorry "NO SUCH THING" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Don't try to justify your incorrectness..........I will not respond. I'm not going to get into an arguement on how something made by the billions yesterday can be rare. NO WAY !!!!
  • bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal, is very revealing, what they conceal is vital. Cheers, RickO >>

    Post of the day in my opinion!! image >>




    Yar! Let it never be said henceforth that Ricko is a one trick pony!
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,534 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Cladking you did the unspeakable!!! You used modern and rare in the same sentence!!!image


    Sorry "NO SUCH THING" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Don't try to justify your incorrectness..........I will not respond. I'm not going to get into an arguement on how something made by the billions yesterday can be rare. NO WAY !!!! >>




    How common does a modern have to be before you can discuss it?

    How about not even one '69 quarter in MS-68?
    How's a unique 1964 clad quarter?
    Maybe a couple known 1975 No-S dimes...

    I suppose these don't rate very high compared to an NCLT 1804 dollar that were
    couterfeited by mint employees and then artificially worn so they could be smug-
    gled from the mint. The five million dollar price isn't too shabby for a coin like this
    with nearly three dozen known.

    So you can buy dozens of rare moderns for the price of a relatively common 1804
    dollar.
    Tempus fugit.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,534 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal, is very revealing, what they conceal is vital. Cheers, RickO >>

    Post of the day in my opinion!! image >>




    Yar! Let it never be said henceforth that Ricko is a one trick pony! >>



    Gotta love the use of the word "vital".

    Very Egyptian and pure English. image
    Tempus fugit.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,534 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    Gotta love the use of the word "vital".

    >>




    One might call it both classic and modern at the same time. image
    Tempus fugit.
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,771 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Damn, Cladking...if only you could hang on 200 years to see how these modrares stand the test of time!~ image
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,534 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Damn, Cladking...if only you could hang on 200 years to see how these modrares stand the test of time!~ image >>




    Mebbe I could get mummified and make a comeback.


    Oh well... ...everything in its time. image
    Tempus fugit.
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,490 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Cladking you did the unspeakable!!! You used modern and rare in the same sentence!!!image


    Sorry "NO SUCH THING" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Don't try to justify your incorrectness..........I will not respond. I'm not going to get into an arguement on how something made by the billions yesterday can be rare. NO WAY !!!! >>

    For the record, only 731,556,101 IKEs were produced and this includes the proofs.

    As for modern rarities, there are some nice coins which were produced 40 years ago of which only a couple of examples exist. And it certainly isn;t because folks aren't looking.

    As for the "Test of Time" comment by Ambro, only time will tell.
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  • StewStew Posts: 1,002
    That's what I wanted to see, some "Hard Numbers" image
    Good job guysimage

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  • GritsManGritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭
    LOVE IT when CladKing gets on a roll!
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  • amilleramiller Posts: 893


    << <i>This is why so many people have a SET >>



    Yes, a complete date/mm set is very affordable to put together in MS/PR, but you simply cannot buy true gem sets in a Dansco for anywhere near the asking price of the linked auction, there will be many 63's and 64's in there (at least for the CuNi issues).

  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>This is why so many people have a SET >>



    Yes, a complete date/mm set is very affordable to put together in MS/PR, but you simply cannot buy true gem sets in a Dansco for anywhere near the asking price of the linked auction, there will be many 63's and 64's in there (at least for the CuNi issues). >>



    OHHHH NOOOOO!!!! not choice UNC's and near gems... the garbage. I think sometimes people overstate the importance of the gap between MS65-67. I think this manifests its self by the difference you would get trying to sell any superb gem raw ike vs the corresponding PCGS coin. Also I think modern fans over hype the ultragrades as a way to set their sets apart from the lowly reg gem sets. We are only talking a little luster(which is subjective) and a hidden tick or two.

    IMO terms like condition rarities and like terms should be saved for coins that are all but unknown in UNC or only a few choice coins in what ever range not for coin that only have a few thousands currently graded and in-turn, over looking the millions that haven't been before the grading companies. I get tickled when a modern guy says something to the fact of "Gezzezzz you just don't know how rare these are, I had to look through like 500 MS 65's to find one MS66!!!". I come away thinking that we have very different definitions of rare and collecting goals.
  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    I wish they did not make him look like some fascist dictator. image
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  • wilskyywilskyy Posts: 74
    The eisenhower is a timeless coin, but I still prefer morgans...
  • ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    <<Cladking you did the unspeakable!!! You used modern and rare in the same sentence!!!


    Sorry "NO SUCH THING" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>

    Well, this is an interesting and spirited thread. Please forgive the interruption but I have a candidate for modern and rare. Consider the 1972 D quarter with the high relief proof artwork type B reverse. I calculate less than 40,000 were made and I only know of a half dozen in captivity. The rest of them are out there circulating just waiting to be picked up. But after 38 years of circulation, they might be showing their age. Nevertheless, I would like to get ahold of one more in any condition.
  • amilleramiller Posts: 893
    I should have pointed out a few things above:
    1) While I do not agree with the title to this thread, I cannot disagree with the number of Registry sets out there.
    2) My post regarding the eBay listing was not intended to trivialize non-Gem moderns, rather the auction listed is more than likely misleading, advertising GEM BU's for the non-Proofs. I don't see what a misleading auction for a raw set has to do with the popularity of PCGS Registry sets.

    Further, I have no plans or desires to own top-pops, modern or otherwise.

    Collect what you like.

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