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<p>[QUOTE="Mr. Coin Lover, post: 589737, member: 16060"]I have a set of the Eisenhower Dollars and I also think they are a quite attractive coin dedicated to a great American. The set is in an album, and everytime I pull it out of its case to look at them I am always amazed at how much it weighs. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I'm saying here I personally have no idea whether it is true or not; however, the article was written a few years ago by someone very respected in the coin community. What he said was the mint still had millions of Ike Dollars stored away in their valts that one day will more than likely be sold to the public. I guess sort of like that Morgan Dollar sell off that took place back when Nixon was President. I wasn't collecting way back then, but apparently with the popularity of the Morgan the market absorbed them okay, but Morgans are a lot more popular than Eisenhowers and although they are becoming more popular, a Morgan they are not.</p><p><br /></p><p>People that should know things are not always correct. If you put Peace Dollar in your search engine there is an article you can find written in 1997. He says the Peace Dollar will never have any value or collector interest beyond nominal. He was very wrong, they are now in the "Top 10" of all coins collected in the US.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Coin Lover, post: 589737, member: 16060"]I have a set of the Eisenhower Dollars and I also think they are a quite attractive coin dedicated to a great American. The set is in an album, and everytime I pull it out of its case to look at them I am always amazed at how much it weighs. What I'm saying here I personally have no idea whether it is true or not; however, the article was written a few years ago by someone very respected in the coin community. What he said was the mint still had millions of Ike Dollars stored away in their valts that one day will more than likely be sold to the public. I guess sort of like that Morgan Dollar sell off that took place back when Nixon was President. I wasn't collecting way back then, but apparently with the popularity of the Morgan the market absorbed them okay, but Morgans are a lot more popular than Eisenhowers and although they are becoming more popular, a Morgan they are not. People that should know things are not always correct. If you put Peace Dollar in your search engine there is an article you can find written in 1997. He says the Peace Dollar will never have any value or collector interest beyond nominal. He was very wrong, they are now in the "Top 10" of all coins collected in the US.[/QUOTE]
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