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<p>[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2178583, member: 15929"]My advice is to stay away from MS64 as a "graded set" since you'll end up paying non-existent premiums which you will never recover and, unlike a 90% Silver Coin, you'll never really appreciate an MS64 CnClad IKE.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for a "circulated set". It could be tough finding circulated versions of the 1971-S through 1976-S Silver Business Strikes. Not impossible but definitely tough. I have found them in 1,000 coin bags ordered from my bank but they are far and few between. Or course, you can always purchase these from other collectors who have found them but then you wouldn't have really "found them". Right?</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem you'll end up "solving" is that you'll buy the best that you can afford which will usually end up being uncirculated examples. For graded coins, some of the MS66 IKEs are simply dirt cheap anymore so, its not out of the realm of possibility that your MS64 "intentions" won't gravitate towards MS66. BTW, the Silver Business Strike average MS67 which would kinda screw things up from the numbers standpoint. Not to mention the fact that there are some grossly over-grade IKE's out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>And for the record, no Eisenhower Dollar Set can ever "complement" either a Morgan or Peace Dollar Set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever you decide, have fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2178583, member: 15929"]My advice is to stay away from MS64 as a "graded set" since you'll end up paying non-existent premiums which you will never recover and, unlike a 90% Silver Coin, you'll never really appreciate an MS64 CnClad IKE. As for a "circulated set". It could be tough finding circulated versions of the 1971-S through 1976-S Silver Business Strikes. Not impossible but definitely tough. I have found them in 1,000 coin bags ordered from my bank but they are far and few between. Or course, you can always purchase these from other collectors who have found them but then you wouldn't have really "found them". Right? The problem you'll end up "solving" is that you'll buy the best that you can afford which will usually end up being uncirculated examples. For graded coins, some of the MS66 IKEs are simply dirt cheap anymore so, its not out of the realm of possibility that your MS64 "intentions" won't gravitate towards MS66. BTW, the Silver Business Strike average MS67 which would kinda screw things up from the numbers standpoint. Not to mention the fact that there are some grossly over-grade IKE's out there. And for the record, no Eisenhower Dollar Set can ever "complement" either a Morgan or Peace Dollar Set. Whatever you decide, have fun.[/QUOTE]
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