Eisenhower Dollars at Banks?

I have been having no luck finding Eisenhower dollars at banks. I've called around and no bank in my town has them. I'm trying to get one of every year, but I really don't feel like paying over face for them.

Any suggestions as to which banks to try? Big city banks that get lots of customers and business cash deposits or small out-of-the-way banks that might have some lying around in an old vault.

Or are Eisenhower dollars just not as common as they used to be?

 

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There's your answer, not that they were ever "common".

 

I just found 2 paper rolls of $20 each of them, search hard. And they are out there.

One had a 1976-S CLAD Proof Ike in it.

However even when you find them, they are most likely to be 1972 and 1976 Type II. 1976 Type 1 D, 1974 and 1978 are less common but show up. 1977 and 1976 Type 1 P can be a pain. FORGET about finding 1973s. You will need to BUY them.

 

I havent seen an Ike dollar in any banks around here for a long time. I'm sure the tellers at my bank wouldnt have a clue what they were if I tried to ask for them.

 

Ive never recieved one in change or seen them around at the banks. Theyre kind of ugly anyways Ive had no intentions of ever collecting them..

 

This is from Fed site
If you go to the fed Reserve site, it shows that Ike dollars can still be ordered. Most tellers are not aware of this because it is not on there order sheets. link
http://www.frbservices.org/operation...epositing.html

at site page scroll down to chart

 

The Fed may still try and circulate them, but most armored carriers won't touch them due to the weight of the buggers.

Yet to figure out how to get at the ones in the Fed to buy them

 

there is a coin roll hunter on another site that got a full bag of ikes. if you bug your tellers enough they will order you one.

 

At a convenience store where I got gas recently, the cashier had 8 of them, I bought them all. It was the first time, I'd seen them in commerce.

 

Used to see them more than I do now... it seems in the 80's it wasn't too uncommon for small stores to have a few in the drawer.

Can't imagine very many banks would have them anymore. They never did circulate much, even when they were still being minted. They were largely used by casinos in Las Vegas and Reno (part of the reason they were minted in the first place, by casinos that wanted to keep operating dollar slots, but couldn't afford to use silver dollars anymore since they were worth more than a dollar). When the SBAs came out, casinos moved to dollar size tokens.

Can ask around, might get lucky. It seems the unusual sight of them would cause most to not just deposit them at banks though. Small independet banks would probably be more likely to have them than larger chains I'd guess. May even want to ask a bank if they'd be willing to order them for you from whatever armored car service they use... worth a shot anyway, most banks are willing to do this for you if you're a customer and will buy the whole box at once.

 

I still get a couple of rolls every few weeks. I live in a relatively small town, but my bank still orders them all the time.

 

I guess the bank still has customers who want them... ironically smaller banks or banks in smaller towns would be more likely to have customers like that, so be more likely to order any.

My bank won't even order presidential/Sagawea dollars lol... they get them ocassionally as deposits but don't order them on a regualr basis.

 

Banks vary widely in the amount of coins they have. NEVER stick to just one. Don't be afraid to go in, without account, and ASK for anything and everything you want to BUY.

 

The casino's in Atlantic City were still using Ikes a few years ago in there slot machines. I do not know if any are still using them now.

 

looking hard is the best way to do it, sometimes you'll get lucky

 

I used to count large deposits in a bank, a few years ago. One day hit the mother load of Ikes. Had about 20. Sure of kept them

 

That's my opinion too. A coin dealer nearby has a complete set in a Dansco album for $250. They appear to be BU.
Another dealer has the same thing and is asking $350. So is $250 a good deal for a complete set, proofs included?

 

I went to the bank today to get some change. The teller had just taken in a BU roll of 1976s. I saw them sitting on her desk and asked if I could buy them from her. She practically hugged me she was so happy to get rid of them.

 

Answer from the fed reserve

Q: How can I obtain an Eisenhower dollar?
A: Most Eisenhower dollars are in circulation. The US Mint discontinued minting Eisenhower dollars in December 1978 and the last of the Eisenhower dollars were distributed to the Federal Reserve Banks in April 1979. Because the Eisenhower dollars are no longer minted, the Reserve Banks cannot order them from the US Mint and supply them to banks. Coin dealers listed in the telephone yellow pages usually have a supply of Eisenhower dollars.:hammer:

 

They are not to be found over here.