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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 818556, member: 15309&quot;]Cladking,</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the prices in Numismedia FMV which Stewart posted a link to earlier, the only coin in the entire series that is cost prohibitive in MS65 is the 1972 T2.&nbsp; Personally, I don&#039;t think the indifference to this series has much to do with relative scarcity or price.&nbsp; The fact is that these coins are just not very attractive.&nbsp; I know you love clad coins, but most people find the composition far less attractive than copper, silver, or gold.&nbsp; To me it boils down to one very simple factor, eye appeal.&nbsp; Comparing IKE&#039;s to Morgans seems to favor IKE&#039;s if you ignore eye appeal.&nbsp; But when viewed side by side, it becomes much harder to favor the IKE&#039;s.&nbsp; Here are my best MS65 &amp; MS68&#039;s side by side.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Eisenhower%20Dollars/EisenhowerDollar1972NGCMS65-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars/MorganDollar1885NGCMS65StarBattl-9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Eisenhower%20Dollars/EisenhowerDollar1976-SSilverNGCM-3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars/MorganDollar1881-SNGCMS681849860-10.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I am not saying that IKE&#039;s are not a good candidate for sleeper, I think they are sleepers.&nbsp; However, it is their relative afford-ability compared to their scarcity that makes them a sleeper.&nbsp; If collecting IKE&#039;s was cost prohibitive, I would declare the entire series dead.&nbsp; The true treasure in the IKE series is the varieties IMO, it certainly ain&#039;t eye appeal.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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