I was cleaning out the safe today when I totally forgot about this coin. It happened to fall behind some boxes and that's why I forgot about it. I picked this coin up at The National Money Show in Portland Oregon earlier this year for about $7. So I was wondering if anyone has ever seen a post card like this one with the 1972-D Ike Dollar before?? I think this is a really neat post card. It has that old time smell from the 50's and from what it looks like is that someone from NNW went to the bank and picked up a lot of Ike Dollars to insert into post cards like this one. What do you guys and gals think??
First thing I looked for even before reading your post was Type 2 reverse or not edit - and so quick I was to check for it ... and it's a Denver LOL <goes to corner for timeout> @Nevadabell - perhaps postcard postage was 3c back then? Don't know much about postcards or stamps and have only sent two postcards in my life. Both happened outside the US. I do remember that postcard postage is always less. But even with a large dollar inserted in it? I'll let those that were alive back then chime in... OT - Very neat item. Is Iola, WI heaven?
No but it has the Midwest's biggest car show and 2 really tasty diners (From Waupaca, 15 miles west of Iola)
That was the first thing I looked for too when I saw it at a dealers table during the coin show. I got it because I thought it was cool and I already picked up a 1978 A.N.A. Houston Texas Convention Ike & L.B.J. Medal set just a few months before the coin show. I also believe that $.03 was the standard postage rate for post cards back then. Now I think it's about $.35 to send a post card. What a huge change in 42 years. So I am too hoping someone from that time could shed some light on this item.
According to http://www.akdart.com/postrate.html , the standard postcard rate in 1972 was actually $.06.
In 1972 I didn't care what postage rates were. I was graduating from high school and the Vietnam was raging.
Simple, they just had them cancelled, they didn't actually mail them. Kind of like the rolls of cents and quarters they postal cancelled at the release ceremonies. They have a single stamp on them and that amount would not be enough to actually mail the roll.
and I believe it was the first year of the lottery. Lucky me, high number. I went 1-A on December 31st. Three months later I got my new draft card, 1-A. A few months later I got my 1-H (permanent deferment for high lottery number). I told everyone that 1-H mean that in time of war, I was a hostage.
