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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 409470, member: 8012&quot;]The Ikes were only around for 8 years, but boy, are there an assortment of them!&nbsp; Silver proofs, silver uncirculated, clad proof, clad uncirculated.&nbsp; Silver proofs not part of any set (brown ikes), silver uncircs released by themselves as blue ikes.&nbsp; There are two varieties of the 1976 and three for the 1972-P.&nbsp; So on and so forth!</p><p><br /></p><p>The big gotchya here is to do your research before buying.&nbsp; As Nickelman said, clad and silver gets confused.&nbsp; On e-bay, there are a fair percentage of auctions that get them ixed up (either innocently or on purpose).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The good news is that there is really only one pricey coin in the set (1972P T2) and maybe the 1973-S Silver Proof (brown ike), but that one can be had for less than $25 now-a-days.&nbsp; So even if you make a small &quot;faux-pas&quot;, it won&#039;t bust the bank.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I started collecting, I made a small table of each year and what was available for each year and mintmark.&nbsp; That helped a lot to understand the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prices are good for them now.&nbsp; The Blue Ikes (silver uncirculated) can be had for about $7 each and they have a bit over $5 melt value - so not a bad deal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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