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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Atarian, post: 1412156, member: 34285&quot;]You won&#039;t be able to get a full set for $100 unless you find a crackhead selling a stolen set. That&#039;s the melt value of the 10 silver versions, not even counting the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally would not build a MS63 set as most of the MS63s look just terrible. Compare a MS63 Morgan to a MS63 Ike and you&#039;ll see what I mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the silver ones I think you will find that you can get nice PCGS graded MS65 silver business strikes for around 30 dollars, and the proofs for about the same price (except the 1973). Or roll the dice and get the same business strikes ungraded in the &quot;blue pack&quot; for ~$10 - 12. In my experience you&#039;re gonna need to buy a whole lotta 71 blue Ikes to find a MS65.</p><p><br /></p><p>The clad versions are a different story as they are harder to find in the higher conditions than the silver versions. A lot of the business strikes, especially the bicentennial half are absolutely horridly made. There were also no dollars in the 1971 or 1972 mint sets, so those four will have to come from coins that were made for circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are my results of attempting to build a nice Ike set from mint sets. Each was the best of at least 5, and usually closer to 10 mint sets. The 71S MS64 was the best of 22 blue pack Ikes. I did not bust apart any proof sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>[TABLE=&quot;width: 261&quot;]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1973</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS64</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1973-D</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS65</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1976</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]type 1</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS63</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1976-D</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]type 1</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS64</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1976</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]type 2</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS62</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1976-D</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]type 2</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS64</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1977</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS65</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1977-D</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS64</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1978</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS64</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1978-D</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS62</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1971-S</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]silver</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS64</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1972-S</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]silver</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS67</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1973-S</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]silver</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS67</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1974-S</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]silver</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS65</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1976-S</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]silver</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]PCGS MS66</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So if you just want a representative set, it should be pretty cheap. But I would take my time and save money in the long run, &#039;cause right after you buy that MS63 there&#039;s going to be a MS65 come along that you just &#039;need&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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