Coin scam in the open?
ltl...@hotmail.com
appeared in Newsweek
and probably elsewhere for several weeks.
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U.S. GOVERNMENT COIN MINTING SHUT-OFF NOTIFICATION
Sealed vault tubes of President coins go to public for $28
SHUT OFF: Here's some of the last dozen stacks of Washington
Presidential Dollars that are no longer being minted minted and are
extremely uncommon because they're actually carved with edge
lettering.
Public gets hoard of last Presidential coins free
By SHAWN OYLER
UNIVERSAL MEDIA SYNDICATE
(UMS) - Starting at precisely 7:45 a.m. today, some of the last
Presidential Coins ever to be minted by the U.S. Government are being
hand out free to the public.
...
Ration of these coins are uncertain because minting has been shut off
and there can
never be anymore. Once, they're gone, they're gone.
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Any truth concerning the pronouncement that "minting has been shut
off?"
Bob Hairgrove
The only "scam" I can see here is in your own posting ... not many
junior-high school students, much less ANY professional journalist,
would ever use the English language like this; for example: "shut
off" ..."are being hand out" ... "Ration of these coins are
uncertain" ... "there can never be anymore" ... (ugh!!!)
If you care to refute this, please post some appropriate links to
your sources.
--
Bob Hairgrove
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Jim Seymour
> The following is part of a 2 pages informercial which has been
> appeared in Newsweek
> and probably elsewhere for several weeks.
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> U.S. GOVERNMENT COIN MINTING SHUT-OFF NOTIFICATION
>
> Sealed vault tubes of President coins go to public for $28
>
> SHUT OFF: Here's some of the last dozen stacks of Washington
> Presidential Dollars that are no longer being minted minted and are
> extremely uncommon because they're actually carved with edge
> lettering.
>
>
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>
> Any truth concerning the pronouncement that "minting has been shut
> off?"
Completely true. They stopped minting the Washington dollar coins as
soon as they starting minting John Adams coins. Similarly, the John
Adams are no longer in productions - and Thomas Jeffersons will give way
to James Madison very soon.
The same is also true with every state quarter made since 1999.
The business about them being "extremely uncommon" is nonsense, of
course. And they're worth no more than face value.
Still, if it's a $25 roll they're selling for $28, that's not much of a
scam - unless they're tacking on an enormous shipping charge.
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Jim Seymour
ltl...@hotmail.com
I gave you the source.
It is part of a 2 page infomercial which had appeared in Newsweek for
several weeks.
Typos, "Rations of these coins..." rather than "Ration of these
coins..."
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Robert Dibbell
This ad has appeared in newspapers all over the country. It's on par with
the people who sell coins on TV for over inflated prices. You are paying
$28 for a roll of 25 dollars. What the ad doesn't tell you is that you'll
have to pay a bunch more money for shipping and handling.
Bob D.
"Bob Hairgrove" <NoSpam...@Home.com> wrote in message
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Robert Dibbell
Sacramento Bee, the Mountain Democrat, and I think, the San Francisco
Chronicle. None of the ads mention the shupping and handling costs.
Bob
"Jim Seymour" <nnt...@thentao.com> wrote in message
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ltl...@hotmail.com
Try the following link in case it is inconvenient for you to read
Newsweek's paper edtion.
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> I gave you the source.
> It is part of a 2 page infomercial which had appeared in Newsweek for
> several weeks.
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> Typos, "Rations of these coins..." rather than "Ration of these
> coins..."
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Mr. E.
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shooting off your bazoo, you ignoramus.
Bruce Remick
Those 2-page CW ads have been charging $37 per roll, plus $5 postage, ever
since the GW's came out. Pretty good deal for any collector who otherwise
would have to burn $17 worth of gas to drive to his nearest bank in order to
pick up a roll at face value.
Bruce
Mark Cooper
news:1189368158.5...@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
I have seen this same ad run in the local paper. The main scam, as I read
it, is that people may be led to believe that they can only get these
coins from the company advertised and that there is a small supply. And
they aren't free, it's like $28 if I remember correctly.
Mark
Aram H. Haroutunian
wrote:
Geeeez!!!! Didn't anyone bother to read the ad? These are NOT $25
rolls.
"There will be forty sealed vault tubes in all, each containing twelve
never-circulated Presidential Coins. That's 480 coins. but with all
forty of the free coins everybody is getting, it becomes a spectacular
collection of 520 never-circulated coins in all, loaded into two
separate heavy vault boxes."
Aram.
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Bruce Remick
"Aram H. Haroutunian" <bust...@ca.rr.com> wrote in message
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I didn't bother to read it, but can I still make comments about it?
Bruce
Mr. E.
> I didn't bother to read it, but can I still make comments about it?
Sure, why not? Not knowing what you're talking about never stopped you
before.
Squat
"Bruce Remick" <rem...@cox.net> wrote in message
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but I didn't buy that as uncirculated (to coin collectors) means something
different. These are just unopened coinc tubes (or, we are supposed to
beilive they are unopened.) I have $25 rolls of presidential coins straight
from the local bank. Was even able to walk there to get them...
Looks like a poor attempt to capitalize on the new coins rather than a
scam..
Cheers,
Squat
gov...@msn.com
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I took a look at the add both online and in print.
The rolls sure look like only 15 coins, so......you do the math.
If it looks like a scam, and smells like a scam....
Just go to your local coin dealer and pay the $30 to $35 for a $25
roll for your choice of "P" or "D" , or even better yet, GO TO A BANK!
Tom Hallenbeck
(in beautiful Colorado!)