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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3713061, member: 101855"]The silver prices were high, $55 an ounce at one point, but that didn't have much to do with it. With a silver Proof mintage of just over 1 million, the silver Proof 1973-S was the "king" of Ike Dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1973 the mint system did not issue any Ike dollars for general circulation. The only way you could get them was in mint sets, Proof sets and as Uncirculated and Proof single coins, what collectors call the "blue" and "Brown Ikes." It had to do with the mint packaging. The Uncirculated Ike came in a blue envelope, and the Proof came in a brown box.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins were viewed as an "investment vehicle" then, and the Ike Dollars provided a way for the "poor folks" to get in the game.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3713061, member: 101855"]The silver prices were high, $55 an ounce at one point, but that didn't have much to do with it. With a silver Proof mintage of just over 1 million, the silver Proof 1973-S was the "king" of Ike Dollars. In 1973 the mint system did not issue any Ike dollars for general circulation. The only way you could get them was in mint sets, Proof sets and as Uncirculated and Proof single coins, what collectors call the "blue" and "Brown Ikes." It had to do with the mint packaging. The Uncirculated Ike came in a blue envelope, and the Proof came in a brown box. Coins were viewed as an "investment vehicle" then, and the Ike Dollars provided a way for the "poor folks" to get in the game.[/QUOTE]
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