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<p>[QUOTE="TRVST, post: 31091, member: 1939"]Unlikely.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you look at the mintage figures for Ike's and consider that they were rarely used in commerce....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/eisenhower_dollars/eisenhower_dollars.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/eisenhower_dollars/eisenhower_dollars.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/eisenhower_dollars/eisenhower_dollars.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>and then compare that with the number of mintings of St. Gaudens Double Eagles and their slight margin over melt value in common issues....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens.htm</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>I would guess that their values won't be hitting highs any time soon. However, they are pretty cheap now and could increase in value for highly graded slabbed examples. Overall, I wouldn't consider them an 'investment vehicle'.</p><p><br /></p><p>I plan to build a set myself. My grandma gave me a roll when I was a kid and I foolishly spent them on something that I can't even remember. Duh! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TRVST, post: 31091, member: 1939"]Unlikely. When you look at the mintage figures for Ike's and consider that they were rarely used in commerce.... [URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/eisenhower_dollars/eisenhower_dollars.html[/URL] and then compare that with the number of mintings of St. Gaudens Double Eagles and their slight margin over melt value in common issues.... [URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/double_eagles/saint_gaudens.htm[/URL] I would guess that their values won't be hitting highs any time soon. However, they are pretty cheap now and could increase in value for highly graded slabbed examples. Overall, I wouldn't consider them an 'investment vehicle'. I plan to build a set myself. My grandma gave me a roll when I was a kid and I foolishly spent them on something that I can't even remember. Duh! :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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