NOTE: Collectors love the Kennedy half dollar, featuring the beloved president, and Americans tucked away Kennedy half dollars as soon as they hit circulation to keep a memento of JFK. Mint made silver Eisenhower dollars strictly for collectors to avoid the hoarding of Kennedy half dollars. These 2 types of Eisenhower dollars are made of 40% silver.īlue Ike dollar coins and Brown Ike dollar coins were struck primarily for coin collectors and were sold directly by the U.S.
That is where Blue Ike dollar coins and Brown Ike dollar coins come in. Unlike silver dollars of yesteryear, regular-strike Eisenhower dollars contain no silver at all. That was the year that the United States Mint released the first dollar coins since the Peace dollar series ceased production in 1935. They have been the darlings of many modern dollar coin collectors since the release of these 2 coins in 1971.
