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<p>[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 1511159, member: 9474"]First, like any coin, you have to like it. Second, you have to appreciate that nicely struck, high quality Ikes are hard to come by. Although these coins were minted in the millions, they were dumped in bins where they were quite frequently beat up. Then keep in mind, that 1971 and 1972 were only found in circulation and not in mint sets, high grade IKes as the one Ruben posted are rare and expensive. The ones you find for a $1.10 or $1.25 are beaters which command no value other than face and I spend them exactly as that. </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I saw that coin last week and almost bought it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 1511159, member: 9474"]First, like any coin, you have to like it. Second, you have to appreciate that nicely struck, high quality Ikes are hard to come by. Although these coins were minted in the millions, they were dumped in bins where they were quite frequently beat up. Then keep in mind, that 1971 and 1972 were only found in circulation and not in mint sets, high grade IKes as the one Ruben posted are rare and expensive. The ones you find for a $1.10 or $1.25 are beaters which command no value other than face and I spend them exactly as that. I saw that coin last week and almost bought it. ;)[/QUOTE]
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