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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2118241, member: 15929"]That asking price was outrageously high considering the fact that a full Proof Set was less then $10! BUT, lots of folks bought them and lots of folks lost money on them. Lot's of money.There was a time around 2002 where these could be had for $5-$6 each which accounts for a lot of disdain for the series. The boxes were cumbersome and easily damaged with improper storage. Even today, the coins in their raw, brown box state are difficult to sell for the original sales price. The Blue Packs, on the other hand, were available for only $3 each and have fair a bit better than the Silver Proofs. However, 1971 was a bad year for the 40% Silver Business Strikes since the Mint decided to ship them in 1,000 coin bags to the packaging facility. The end result on this low profiled version was a lot of bag marks which were amplified due to the stark design of the coin. 1972-1976 proved to be the better years since these coins were of a higher relief and were shipped to the packagers in Tubes which eliminated 90% of the coin contact marks. There was a LOT of Hype over the release of the Eisenhower Dollar coin. Many calling them "silver" dollars when in fact, only the collector versions had any silver. Kinda like today's "golden dollars"? Some folks actually think there is gold in them. At any rate, this was probably the first big disappointment with the coin. The second being the over all quality of the "struck for circulation" coins. Remember, the Country had only been off the Silver Standard for 7 years. Morgan Dollars, which most folks could get for a buck at any gambling Casino were now  "collector coin" and cost more than face value. The country was excited about getting a "new" silver dollar. The issue with the Mint and Proof Sets didn't sit well either since folks just assumed that they would be included.[/QUOTE]

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