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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1344076, member: 68&quot;]Unfornutately I agree with all your points (except that I like Ike).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The supply of uncirculated Ikes is substantial for every date.&nbsp; Even the &#039;73 probably still has close to 1.1 million so they aren&#039;t going to run short at any point in the near future.&nbsp; But if you want a nice attractive specimen of almost every date it will require patience or money.&nbsp; Right now a nice near gem set can be put together from mint sets for under $1000 pretty easily if you have the sets to check.&nbsp; But this only exists because so few people are doing it and many of those doing it aren&#039;t highly motivated to complete their sets.&nbsp; Once just a little competition developes there simply won&#039;t be any supply available and you&#039;ll have to compete against other collectors for what does survive. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not believe this demand will be insignificant forever.&nbsp;&nbsp; We are seeing this process in other countries where the tiny demand of a growing middle class has just wiped out the supply of moderns.&nbsp; In Russia there are more and more coins fromthe &#039;70&#039;s selling for 500 to $1000 for typical coins.&nbsp; Even circs are bringing high prices because the Soviet era coins were melted in 1991/ 2.&nbsp; It&#039;s hard for me to believe an economy the size of the US can&#039;t generate a demand for the few Ikes that exist in nice condition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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