IKE Advice Requested

I'm not an IKE collector, but have been thinking about it more lately. I saw this auction on eBay and was wondering what IKE collectors thought about it....Thanks!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-1978-S...49?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item1e7229ecfd

 

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Price is not TOO terribly bad, but they are not all DCAM coins.

 

Are DCAMs in this series hard to come by? Would a couple be a good start or are they fairly common? In your opinion, where should a new IKE collector focus their attention? (thanks!)

 

Nope! I never like it when a seller says, "These coins are representative of what you will get." DCAM, UCAM, NOCAM, MINICAM.......it's all the same until you see the actual coins in hand.

Chris

PS. Where are the 71 & 72?

 

My advice would be to stay far away from sales like this because if you notice the seller has more than one set for sale implying that the coins pictured are NOT the coins you will receive. As with most proofs, Ikes almost always develope spots or hazing if not handled or stored properly, go back and look at the listing photos more carefully. The only coin i would recommend putting in an Ike collection would be the 78 as it looks to be spot and haze free, most serious Ike collectors would pass over the rest as they look to have small scratches and spots. These coins are also clad so you could not bank on it at least rising with the price of silver.

 

Beat me to it!!!!! :thumb:

 

I would like to put that 1978 on a sugar cone and lick it up!

 

Overpriced. You should be able to get each for less then $5. TC

 

Thanks. I kind of thought that, but was wondering how you would recommend a numb break into the series. I know this isn't the best way, but I usually see a coin that I like, buy it, then (once I have a coin "in hand") begin looking for books to learn more about the series. I have a hard time reading books without coins in hand.

Do you have any books to recommend?

Btw...how much for your avatar?

 

This is a link to a book that the ikegroup has put out....

http://www.ikegroup.info/?page_id=18

 

Terrific!! ...thanks.

 

There is also alot of information that can be had just browsing around the ikegroup.org site.

 

I just ordered the Big Book (Spiral bound). I'll check out hte Ike Group site, too.

I have some IKEs my Father left me. They are in unopened US Mint boxes and I've been loathe to opening them. I suppose I should at some point.

 

I never buy any coins where it states multiples or representative of a coin I would be getting. I generally just by-pass the auction if I can't see the one I'm wanting. It's bad enough with the photos many use as it is. If they were slabbed multiples and the photo being used is the one I want, I send a message asking if that particular cert number is available.

The Ike book is great for information, though a bit of a jumble at times.

I don't know if that seller ever has individual coins for auction, seems like most everything of his is multiples.

 

I think it is reasonable and would have NO apprehensions getting them. Some folks are just too paranoid.

 

I'm not saying his stuff would be bad, I just like seeing what I'm getting.. just like the idea that I wouldn't buy if both sides of the coin are not photographed.

 

Im not paranoid at all its just the condition of the coins is not good, take a look at the listing photos, the 77 has what looks like a reeded contact mark not acceptable for proof coins IMHO.

 

From those pictures, they all look like gem proofs.

 

Another book on Ikes is The Authoritative Reference on Eisenhower Dollars by Wexler, Crawford & Flynn.

Chris

 

Paranoid? Try "once bitten, twice shy". A few years ago, I ordered some coins with the same disclaimer out of Coin World from a major (double page) advertiser. I returned them once for a better set; then I returned them a second time for a better set; then I asked for a refund after the third set was just as bad. In the meantime, it cost me $75 for shipping.

Chris