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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1282966, member: 26302"]Yeah, even copper nickel clad will wear down pretty quickly if used as a pocket piece. I knew an older gentleman in the 90's who always carried around an Ike dollar. I guess he fought under him in WWII. I commented on how worn it was, and one day he surprised me and brought in about a dozen worn slicks. He said every 2 years or so he has to buy a new one because in that time it will go from BU to unrecognizable as a pocket piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was pretty weird thing to see an Ike without absolutely no trace of design on it, especially lots of them. Either you must have been gentle on that AGE Doug, or this guy was abusive to these Ike's.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1282966, member: 26302"]Yeah, even copper nickel clad will wear down pretty quickly if used as a pocket piece. I knew an older gentleman in the 90's who always carried around an Ike dollar. I guess he fought under him in WWII. I commented on how worn it was, and one day he surprised me and brought in about a dozen worn slicks. He said every 2 years or so he has to buy a new one because in that time it will go from BU to unrecognizable as a pocket piece. It was pretty weird thing to see an Ike without absolutely no trace of design on it, especially lots of them. Either you must have been gentle on that AGE Doug, or this guy was abusive to these Ike's. Chris[/QUOTE]
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