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Message:: [QUOTE="tommybee, post: 1063822, member: 24999"]I thought I'd give you guys another update.  I went through the bag twice.  The first was a quick look for silver.  As noted above, absolutely no silver.  During the second look I pulled all Type I 1976 and anything that was MS or high AU with good eye appeal.  I found 15 1976 D and only 3 1976 P. I found only 30 total coins that look really good.  Of those, 21 are MS.  Of the MS coins TWO are possibly MS 65.  TWO coins out of a thousand!  Both are 71 D's and carry a nice premium in gem grades. Unfortunately, they have only average strikes.  (However, for 71's average strike is good...see below) There were some very nicely toned coins...mostly gold colored.  Many coins had writing on them, or had been colored for some reason. After you look at 2k Ike dollars you start to notice things... 1.  MANY people polished/cleaned Ikes. Particularily the Bicentennials.  2.  There are HUGE differences in strike quality. Most of the 71's have lousy strikes. The 77's and 78's have super sharp strikes.  You can see the pupil of Ike's eye in them....  3.  Most years are seriously bag marked, even the MS coins. I'm a collector of Morgan and Peace dollars.  Mint luster on silver coins is awesome.  Clads don't even come close.  I wasn't even able to pull a complete set of MS out of 1k coins.  My wife is going to take a picture of what I think is the best coin in the bunch.  I'll post later.[/QUOTE]