Just got a bag of Ikes.

Just about every dealer, and B&M in three counties around me.

 

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Gotcha. Yes, I find dealers sell them around that price.
But for the OP, who is not a dealer, he will have a hard time getting that much for a run of the mill Ike. I assumed he meant the price he would get if selling, when he asked if his Ikes were worth anything.

 

Throw them on ebay in the bag and they will bring a small premium over face so all is not lost.

 

Hope this helps. :thumb:

All of the silver "Ike" coins were minted at the San Francisco Mint in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1976. These coins were either uncirculated or proof. Uncirculated coins came in cellophane with a blue plastic token in a blue envelope. Proof issues came in a proof set-like plastic case in a fancy brown wood colored box with a gold seal on back. The uncirculated coins are referred to as 'Blue Ikes' and the proofs as 'Brown Ikes'. Coins minted in 1975 and 1976 for the Bicentennial come with the quarter and the half dollar of that year. The uncirculated coins were sold by the Mint for three dollars; the proof version for ten dollars. Two varieties of the dollar were produced in 1976 and can be distinguished by the thickness of the lettering.

 

You could use them for tip jars. Spread the hobby.

 

2 90%ers and 2 40ers% out of 200 is actually really good from what I've read at least. Some of the coin roll searches say they are happy when they get 1 silver coin in a box of 500.

 

If I found two 90% and two 40% halves per $100 searched... I'd be ecstatic. And I'd be on the search for a very good accountant! If I were you I'd head straight back to wherever you got them and clear them out.

And determining whether an Ike is silver shouldn't be too tough:

 

that is soo cool. No of the banks here in Nashville TN ever have any Ikes.




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But not all Ikes that have the S mintmarks have silver or are even proof. They minted mint set coins in 1973, no coins for regular circulation that have S mintmarks that are the regular cupro-nickel. I found one in a bunch I got from a bank a few months ago. There were several '77 proofs. There are no silver coins for 1977 or 1978, but I believe a few 1977's slipped out that were struck on the 40% planchets.

 

WHAT if there are no mint marks , does that mean it was just wore off, or it was a d or p? 1776-1975 and 1977, 1972?? ERA

 

I am going to have to check my bank and credit union.

 

Ikes must be S marks and then look for any 1973 Ikes as well and then there is a Var 1 and 2 on 1976 which a nice MS65+ var 1 brings high dollar in a D