Questions on Ike dollars and Bi-centennial halves?

[barneyb71]

Do circulated Bi-centennial halves have any value besides face value? I'm sitting on $110 of them and if I'm not going to get anything out of them why would I hold on to them? Do circulated Ike dollars carry any value besides face value? Why is it so hard to find them? If collectors are holding them, will that make their value increase? May be dumb questions but I don't have any coin shops around me and I'm new to most of this.....thanks.

 

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[Iamrussell]

1st read the begginers thread in the stickies section- the whole thing-
2nd bicentennial halves arent worth keeping, release them back into the wild
3rd Ikes are tough to come by and in most areas you can get a small premium on CL or other classifieds- I usually get $1.25 each but like you said finding them is tough, if ya have some try craigslist
HH

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[tyler2277]

I did have some luck selling bicentennial halfs. I sold the first group if 50 for a buck a piece. After that, nothing. I put them up on Craigslist, you could try that.

 

[SilverFace]

At first I misread your post, I thought I read it that u were saying u had some unc '76 halves and I was going to say yes they have a little numis value but if they're circulated they likely don't any value over face unless they're in really nice AU cond. I was at my local coin shop recently and he is willing to pay a little over fv for some dates of circulated clad halves but they have to be in really nice XF+/AU condition. I also sold him 100 circulated clad Ikes I had for a small $5 profit. Im usually surprised at how much people are willing to pay for circulated clad Ikes on ebay. But if you're not an ebay seller, then u could try a CL ad for your Ikes like russell & tyler said and see what kind of response u get. I've sold a few clad Ikes on CL myself in the past but never more than a 10% profit. But u might have better luck selling them than I have.

Good luck and HH!

 

[usandthem]

I use Ike's and bicentennial halves for tips when the wife and I go out to eat.

 

[Infowarrior]

My LCS buys Ikes at 1.05 a pop... but thats atleast a half hour away, so is it worth it in relation to gas/time spent? nope... lol

Ikes are tough to find, because they havent been minted in 25 years! lol

And bicentennials, you might be able to find suckers, but for the most part, you are just holding onto face value coins.

HH

 

[BuffaloBoy]

Double post

 

[BuffaloBoy]

My LCS buys Ikes at 1.05 a pop... but thats atleast a half hour away, so is it worth it in relation to gas/time spent? nope... lol

Ikes are tough to find, because they havent been minted in 25 years! lol

And bicentennials, you might be able to find suckers, but for the most part, you are just holding onto face value coins.

HH

Actually ikes were minted 36 years ago in 1978. :-)

 

[barneyb71]

Thanks for the info. I'm going to dump the halves tomorrow. I did pick up a roll of Ike's the other day, nothing good but I'll keep them for now. I'm sure I'll be asking some more stupid questions down the road. Knew someone that was going to count the pennies in their kids piggy bank and take them to the bank. Told them to put it in a bag, I'll count it and pay them. $6 in pennies some dimes n nickels and a 1945 P nickel. Find of the day for me.

 

[fistfulladirt]

I put up an add on Clist, I recently had 17 rolls of beautiful uncirculated bicentennial quarters, best offer over face.

Not a single bite, so I ran 'em through the counter.