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(Newport Beach, California) - The top two
finest known sets of mint state Eisenhower dollars (1971 - 1978) will be
displayed by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) at the Long Beach Coin,
Stamp & Collectibles Expo, June 1 - 3, 2006.
"We had excellent
reaction from collectors and dealers when we displayed the finest known set at
the FUN show in January. It includes several spectacularly toned specimens from
the so-called 'Peacock Hoard,' and they'll now be displayed in Long Beach along
with amazingly high-grade coins from the number two Ike set," said Ron Guth,
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"The number
one Eisenhower dollar set was assembled over a 20-year period by Illinois
collector, James Sego, and it has won the PCGS Set RegistrySM awards for Best
Modern Set the past two years. The set has a weighted grade point average of
66.58, and was inducted into the PCGS Set RegistrySM Hall of Fame last year,"
said BJ Searls, PCGS Set RegistrySM Manager.
"I started to get serious
about Ike dollars in 1989. My two favorites are the 'King and Queen' of the
series, the 1972-P Type II graded PCGS MS-66 and the colorful 1974-D PCGS MS-67
from the Peacock Hoard. I've searched thousands of Mint State Ikes and barely
found only a few with high grades. The challenge continues today; I'm still
trying to find high-grade Ikes," said Wang.
It is, indeed, a challenge
for any collector.
"Business strike Ike dollars may appear to be
'common' with mintage figures often in the tens of millions. However, several
years during Ike production have mintages below two million, and most Ike
dollars of any year in grades of MS-66 or higher can be worth from hundreds of
dollars to thousands of dollar each," explained Guth.
The origin of the
Peacock Hoard of colorfully toned Ike dollars is not definitely known. Some
researchers believe the coins were involved in a western states bank promotion
in the 1970s, and toned when housed in specially-made cardboard holders that
then were placed in plastic cases and given to the bank's new depositors.
The interactive PCGS Set RegistrySM was established in 2001.
"The Registry ranks sets in order of grade point average, completion and
overall rating. There now are over 17,600 sets registered, encompassing every
major U.S. coin series as well as British, Canadian, Euro, Japanese and
Philippines coinage," said Searls.
PCGS is a division of Collectors
Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT).
For additional information about the
PCGS Set Registry program, contact Professional Coin Grading Service, P.O. Box
9458, Newport Beach, CA 92658. Phone: (800) 447-8848 or (949) 833-0600. Web:
www.PCGS.com. E-mail: info@pcgs.com.
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Media Contact:
BJ
Searls, (512) 496-5018
Ron Guth, (619) 972-9449
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| Publication Date: 03/27/2006 |
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