I have for sale the 2001 Merrick Mint, Dale Earnhardt (North Carolina)
Statehood 4-Quarter Set and 1 Dale Earnhardt U.S. Penny with Original
Display Box and Certificate of Authenticity. Each quarter and penny is in a
protective plastic coin case, and features a different, unique Dale
Earnhardt commemorative on the front of each.
The Specialty Authorized Certificate of Authenticity states: "#3 RCR Richard
Childress Racing U.S. Statehood Quarter Collection. The coins accompanying
this certificate are genuine legal tender U.S. Statehood quarters. The
NASCAR full color portraits are accomplished through a revolutionary new
colorizing technique pioneered by the Merrick Mint. This certificate of
authenticity guarantees that your coins are authentic and recognized by
every monetary authority around the world, therefore assuring its Collector
Edition status."
The 2001 Dale Earnhardt (North Carolina) Statehood 4-Quarter Set with 1 Dale
Earnhardt U.S. Penny with Original Box and Certificate Of Authenticity is an
Official NASCAR Licensed Product in MINT condition.
Price $70. US plus postage
Note: Photo available upon request.
Please include your "postal mailing address" so I can calculate postage
costs to your destination. Thank you
"j. r. sinclair" <jrs...@mnsi.net> wrote in message
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"Beanie" <b...@ea.ne> wrote in message news:iguroc$14i$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
> Does anybody (besides you) ever buy this over-priced crap?
> "j. r. sinclair"<jrs...@mnsi.net> wrote in message
>>> Shut up, you piece of elistist shit.
I must admit I got a chuckle out of this exchange.
Any modern monetary items 'Embellished' is only worth its original face
value plus the perceived value of the embellishment to the buyer.
ANY time I see these items hawked to the public I always see that they
are privately made and therefore I ignore the advertisement as a coin
collector, but I do wonder at the gullibility of those that end up
buying them in believing they actually might be 'Collectible', therefor
will be worth the original selling price, or even more down the road.
The hype is/was massive, too bad for the original buyers, they are left
to find someone else gullible enough to still believe the original
claims as to the items secondhand value.
To my knowledge there is virtually no after-market for these pieces
but perhaps someone has had a different experience.
The aftermarket premium usually kicks in after 100 years.
Like the laws of compound interest, the first four hundred years are
the toughest, then everything starts to go your way - big time.
At the flea market at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, there is a
dealer with household stuff, trays and trays of costume jewelry and
many many pieces of exonumia that the dealer can't readily identify.
Lots of medals and tokens, a lot of coin club stuff (Central States,
FUN, TAMS, even some ANA). We spend and hour or two pawing through
the trays trying to "cherry pick" him (he's pretty good, but it's not
impossible to knock something off cheap).
Funny, but today he had this Canadian Hockey league medal base metal
stuff running out the ears.
I daresay that at $3.00 each or five for $10., the dealer fellow went
home with every single Canadian Hockey piece that he came in with!!!
He sold me some misc. shit, however; not much left out of my $20 bill.
oly
"Big Spender"
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It seems to be the "made for the collector" stuff that rots on the vine for
many years. On the other hand, if you're willing (and young enough) to wait
it out, lots of free everyday uncollectable things can be put aside for a
few decades and sold later as "nostalgia". In the 1960's and 1970's, I used
to visit all the local new car dealers and pick up free copies of different
showroom brochures. You might be amazed at the demand for some of them
today. As a beer can collector, had I been old enough and foresighted
enough to scoop up certain discarded empty 1930's to 1950's era brand cans,
I would be even more comfortable today. But then I suppose if I were
*really* old enough, I could have filled a cigar box with common 1793 cents,
too.
Well then, would you please buy out whatever the OP has, so he will
stop pimping it here???
I'll bet not.
D.E. might be better remembered had he not left a less than worthy
son.
oly
Hey, the buddy whom I was "pawing" through the trays this afternoon
had a 1793 Half Cent in his inner coat pocket. NCG Slabbed at VF-20
my memory serves. He was a bit daft to buy it.
My Grandpa was given detailed plastic scale models of Ford Automobiles
back in the early to mid-1960s, direct from the dealership. I can't
tell you the ratio/scale; maybe 1/16th??? Gramps bought a new Ford
every two years until he retired. We Grandkids played these like they
were nothing, car 'races' and 'crashes' and all. It would probably be
frippin' scary, valuation-wise, if these things had survived to today.
The British Museum recieved some very significant collections of 17th
century and early 18th century advertising pamphlets and ephemera that
are among the glories of the present collections. Have you ever
considered sending some of your stuff to the Smithsonian or to the
Henry Museum??? OTOH, selling the genuine non-b.s. stuff to the
people who really want it and want to pay for it is good too.
oly
"NCG" should be "NGC", of course.
And what about the early 1960's Charlie Brown and Snoopy advertisement
material for the Ford Falcon??? It boggles the mind how much that
throw-away stuff is wanted today.
oly
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I occasionally check eBay to see which, if any, of the old car brochures
might be attracting bidders. Most are pretty "quiet", but as more people
decide that some 1970's cars are worth collecting and restoring, their
colorful original showroom brochures will be in more demand. Otherwise, I
doubt that anything I saved would be of interest to any museum (yet).
My dad bought a new Ford every few years and got those plastic models from the
local Ford dealer.
They were 1/24 or 1/25 scale and there were a variety of models to choose from
every year but you could only pick one :(
Fuck yourself and have your own little bastard, you redneck, cracker, white
trash piece of shit.
>oly
This is an incredibly cruel thing to say. Dale Jr. has many fans, but his
stepmother Teresa forced Jr out of Dale Earnhardt, Inc, and even blocked him
from using his trademark number 8 car in another venue. Considering all of
this, Dale has done well.
Fans can spend their own money of kitsch if they want...who cannot forget
the Elvises painted on black felt. But coin dealers calling stuff "crap"
and trying to start a flame war is extremely immature and inappropriate.
I'm not a coin dealer, you mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging cracker.
Go back to having sex with your sister.
> This is an incredibly cruel thing to say. Dale Jr. has many fans, but his
> stepmother Teresa forced Jr out of Dale Earnhardt, Inc, and even blocked him
> from using his trademark number 8 car in another venue. Considering all of
> this, Dale has done well.
>
Mr Taylor, of Taylor wines, was prohibited from using his name when he
opened a new winery, and to bring it back somewhat OT, Q. David
Bowers, now at Stacks, no longer has anything to do with his old
company that still uses his name, Bowers & Merena. I believe he also
had a 1 year non-competition clause when he sold out.
"Beanie" <b...@ea.ne> wrote in message news:ih0bq1$rq5$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
Not for sure but I would guess that his other brother Darrell also
purchases large amounts of it. :-)