I'm an Ike lover and a cheater
JapanJohn
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Found an Ike Dansco on ebay a couple of weeks ago. It looked real fine, the seller looked good and had a Buy It Now price.
In usual ebay fashion I was watching auction Ike Dansco's going for more than the Buy It Now that my seller had listed. Scratching my head I went ahead and bought it. It showed yesterday and it's better than I imagined. He had said all the Ike were BU and the proofs pulled from mint sets (actually I don't remember if that's exactly what he said about the proofs but it's obvious that they are. They're perfect).
The coins with maybe 1 or 2 small exceptions look very nice and it wildly exceeds my expectations.
Photos later when I get a chance. I have been traveling like never before lately and I've also been buying bicycles like never before either. I now have 5. One for every possible scenario you can imagine. Just bought a Dahon Mu P8 folding bike which is cool beyond belief. If you bike, google it up. If you don't ....... stick with my Ike discussion.
Anyway, I cheated. I bought them all at once and what I got was a mint Dansco for a couple bucks cheaper than the active auctions. I'll never ever understand that phenomenon.
John
In usual ebay fashion I was watching auction Ike Dansco's going for more than the Buy It Now that my seller had listed. Scratching my head I went ahead and bought it. It showed yesterday and it's better than I imagined. He had said all the Ike were BU and the proofs pulled from mint sets (actually I don't remember if that's exactly what he said about the proofs but it's obvious that they are. They're perfect).
The coins with maybe 1 or 2 small exceptions look very nice and it wildly exceeds my expectations.
Photos later when I get a chance. I have been traveling like never before lately and I've also been buying bicycles like never before either. I now have 5. One for every possible scenario you can imagine. Just bought a Dahon Mu P8 folding bike which is cool beyond belief. If you bike, google it up. If you don't ....... stick with my Ike discussion.
Anyway, I cheated. I bought them all at once and what I got was a mint Dansco for a couple bucks cheaper than the active auctions. I'll never ever understand that phenomenon.
John
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Congrats on the buy.......sounds like a great set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In a nutshell, look for the FEV 71-D, a peg leg on the 71-S Blue Ike, die abrasion peg legs on any of the non-proof non-Bicentennial non-1972 Silver Blue Ikes, check for any heavy die abrasion on either side and for any of the 6 die-clash images.
Look with an open mind for anything out of the ordinary, LOL!
Rob
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John
Never view my other linked pages. They aren't coin related.
The Eisenhower Arena has been ignored for nearly 30 years and I can state without a doubt that there are many, many unique coins and varieties!
The name is LEE!