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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 30429, member: 68&quot;]All Ikes left the mint in $1,000 bags except for the collector versions in mint sets and the like.&nbsp; There were no rolls issued by the mint with Ikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the Ikes looked just horrible straight out of the mint. The 1971 coins were very poorly struck and heavily marked in most instances.&nbsp; Some of the other dates were nearly as bad.&nbsp; Some of the mid dates (especially &#039;74- 77) had a lot of trouble with what the mint calls &quot;finning&quot;.&nbsp; These are the high rims caused by metal being forced around the collar.&nbsp; These are considered unacceptable for issue so many were put into a machine like a cement mixer and rotated until the rims were knocked down.&nbsp; These coins look like VF&#039;s that have been through the casinos right out of the bag.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Gems of all dates are scarce or rare and some dates are decidedly difficult even in nice attractive uncirculated.&nbsp; The &#039;76 tI in the mint set is so poor that wholesalers won&#039;t accept nearly half of them as even being uncirculated.&nbsp; The mint set coins tend to be far better than regular issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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