A collector who wants “everything,” might want to start with the Eisenhower dollar coin.

“Here’s a series that offers it all. Yet, as a series, it’s probably the most underrated of all. It enjoys little or no respect among most dealers and is seriously and inadequately served,” writes James Barlow in the preface to the CONECA Attribution Guide to Eisenhower Dollar Die Varieties by author James Wiles, published on behalf of Combined Organizations of Numismatic Error Collectors of America.

The Eisenhower dollar is often referred to as the “Ike” dollar, derived from the nickname that, according to various sources, Dwight D. Eisenhower apparently acquired as a child and bore most of his life.