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<p>[QUOTE="JBK, post: 3597912, member: 1101"]It is all a matter of perspective. </p><p><br /></p><p>To a collector of Ike dollars, it is damaged and of no interest. To a collector of counterstamps, the markings are precisely what makes it of interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>These debates arise frequently on CT. There is a contingent who can be counted upon to insist that it has no value above face value, but the fact remains that if you list it on eBay it will most definitely sell for more than face value. (I have one of these I picked up several years ago. I did not pay much for it but it was certainly more than a dollar).</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the coin was produced as a collectable in he mid-1980s by the same company that made similar half dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of the Ike dollar, the 5 stars represent his rank as General of the Army, which is a largely ceremonial title that only a few generals have been given. The date 1945 represents either the date he achieved that rank or the end of WWII. The date 1985, I believe, represents the 40th anniversary of 1945 and the commemorative would have been produced in or around that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar JFK halves can be found with the added dates "1960" and either "1980" or "1985", representing the anniversary of his election.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JBK, post: 3597912, member: 1101"]It is all a matter of perspective. To a collector of Ike dollars, it is damaged and of no interest. To a collector of counterstamps, the markings are precisely what makes it of interest. These debates arise frequently on CT. There is a contingent who can be counted upon to insist that it has no value above face value, but the fact remains that if you list it on eBay it will most definitely sell for more than face value. (I have one of these I picked up several years ago. I did not pay much for it but it was certainly more than a dollar). I believe the coin was produced as a collectable in he mid-1980s by the same company that made similar half dollars. In the case of the Ike dollar, the 5 stars represent his rank as General of the Army, which is a largely ceremonial title that only a few generals have been given. The date 1945 represents either the date he achieved that rank or the end of WWII. The date 1985, I believe, represents the 40th anniversary of 1945 and the commemorative would have been produced in or around that year. Similar JFK halves can be found with the added dates "1960" and either "1980" or "1985", representing the anniversary of his election.[/QUOTE]
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