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Message:: [QUOTE="adric22, post: 1541980, member: 38146"]I have bought several "Blue Ikes" off of eBay lately.  I bought them strictly for their silver content as I got a good deal on them.  However, they came sealed in the original packaging from the US Mint along with a little token.  I keep all of my bullion coins in those square coin-safe tubes.  That makes them take up a lot less space, keeps like-coins organized, and protects the coins from the air. I had planned to remove the Blue Ikes from their packaging and place them in a coinsafe tube.  But my wife protested saying I should leave them in the packaging - that they'd be worth more.  However, I've seen loose 40% silver Ike's on eBay fetch just as much as the ones still sealed.  Which leads me to believe that everyone else buys them for the same reason - for the silver content.   I planned to keep the tokens.  In fact, I may put them in the same tube as the Ike's themselves.  Maybe put them in between each coin.  That should help protect them even more. So my two basic questions are: 1) Would you open the IKEs?  2) Do you think they will have any change in resale value by opening them?[/QUOTE]