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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1887177, member: 5233&quot;]I don&#039;t think anyone is going to say the obverse of the Ike Dollar is beautiful.&nbsp; I agree with what you say about Washington and Lincoln...not attractive men but artfully portrayed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is nice...but it was basically a copy of the Apollo 11 mission patch (which was actually a drawn copy of an Eagle done by astronaut Michael Collins using a National Geographic magazine as a source).</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the allure of the Ike Dollar is about something other than beauty.&nbsp; Either you appreciate that or you don&#039;t.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think you do...and that&#039;s OK.&nbsp; I personally love the Morgan Dollar...again, you don&#039;t and that&#039;s fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think what makes this series special is something other than raw beauty.&nbsp; First off, it is the last of our large dollars and it is the only clad dollar.&nbsp; Due to the medium being Clad...it was littered with problems from the start.&nbsp; This is one of the reasons the coin is so &quot;ugly&quot; because the relief had to be so poor.&nbsp; The series also has a ton of newly discovered varieties.&nbsp; It is also unique in that it was really the first series that had silver and clad collector issued coins (with the 40% silver BU and proof and the clad proofs).</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I think it is a neat set because the coins are so large and there are so many different features within it.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe for a second it will ever reach the allure or value of the Morgan or Peace Dollars.&nbsp; However, I do think that the high grade coins will continue to appreciate in value as time goes along.&nbsp; IMHO, this is the only modern (and to me that means exclusively made in the &quot;clad era&quot;) set that has long term potential.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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