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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prime Mover, post: 1886623, member: 38783&quot;]Unfortunately this uninformed opinion is what has made the series languish at low levels of interest for quite a while.&nbsp; I firmly believe this series should and will pick up interest over time, especially with all the work being done to find and identify new varieties and re-classify older ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Being one who has taken an interest in the series, there is quite a lot of history to be found in how this series came about, what issues plagued the production of the coin when initially launched, and the stunning number of varieties of a coin series that lasted only 8 years.&nbsp; It is fascinating to dig into the series and learn about it, and to me it makes the series even more of a desire to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has a lot of the elements of becoming a very popular set to collect, and a very real possibility of appreciating in value, way much more than current.&nbsp; One of the reasons is the fact that there are very few high grade Ikes out there - until recently there was never anything higher than an MS-66+ for a business strike coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, first to answer your question - MS-65 is, but isn&#039;t really a high grade for most of the coins in the series if that makes any sense.&nbsp; There&#039;s only a few where a 65 is very expensive, such as the Type-2 and the 1976-P Type I business strike.&nbsp; The rest of the series is &quot;cheap&quot; and/or very reasonable in MS-65, going for $40-60 for most of the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;blue Ikes&quot; are easier to find in high-grade (except for 1971), with even MS-67 examples for 1972, 1973 and 1974 being available for around $100 or so, and MS-66 typically going for half that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Proof &quot;brown Ikes&quot; are also easier to find in high grade, PF-69 is common especially on the later year clads.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any of the truly high-grade Ikes are worth many thousands of dollars, so it&#039;s extremely tough to find them, but also unfortunately very challenging to be able to own one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Putting a decent complete set together (about 40 coins) - mostly MS-64 Business strikes, MS-66 blue Ikes and PR68/69 proofs would run you about $1000 right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW - nice score on the 77, good price, nice looking coin.&nbsp; However, currently in the Ike world there is a very noticeable bias towards PCGS graded coins both getting and maintaining their value and pricing.&nbsp; NGC is for the moment certainly &quot;second fiddle&quot; when it comes down to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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