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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2356199, member: 15929&quot;]IKE&#039;s can be a blast to collect since they are relatively cheap for a collectible coin AND since most Coin Shops and Dealers thumb their noses at the IKE Dollar, very few get closely examined for anomolies and die doubling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, big error coins go for big bucks but relatively expensive Doubled Die, of which some are just awesome with their spread, can be found&nbsp; for between $5 and $10! Usually the Proofs are sold for between $9.95 and $16.95 each whereas the Silver Uncirculated coins go for between $5 and $10. A lot depoends upon the Silver Market even though 40% Silver coins are lousy from a bullion perspective as it usually costs more to separate out all that copper from the silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Uncirculated rolls of IKE&#039;s can be found on eBay for as little as $1.50 per coin which is a tremendous deal if your working on a Dansco or Two!</p><p><br /></p><p>IKE&#039;s can still be ordered from some banks if you know what to do and the bags almost always yield Morgan/Peace/Silver Eagles! If no soilver thewn some really nice uncirculated examples show up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heck, even the brutally circulated examples can show a profit provided they are not damaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m of the opinion that Collecting and studying IKE Dollars could possibly pay dividends in the future if folks remember that there was a time when even Morgan Dollars simply were not heavily collected. Those folks that DID collect them literally BUILT the Morgan Dollar Market! It wasn&#039;t until 1964 until they actually took off!</p><p><br /></p><p>IKE&#039;s, on the other hand, haven&#039;t had the same handling given the popularity of the 90% Silver counterparts. But thats not to say that it will never happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eliminate the paper buck and an entire new era of dollar coin collecting will emerge as folks start using these IKE&#039;s which are considered&nbsp; &quot;The Last of the Large Size Dollar Coins&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - I forgot to add that 40% Silver Clad coins are w-a-a-a-y more tolerant of coin dips than their 90% Silver counterparts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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