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Portlander finds 'Obama coins' not all that mint
« on: February 14, 2009, 02:54:25 PM »
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Jerome Polk was so impressed with the special edition Obama coins he saw television star Montel Williams hawking in an infomercial, he ordered six sets for himself and some of his grandkids.

Instead of coins engraved with Obama's face, as Polk athought he'd orderedt $18 a pop, the Northeast Portland retailer received four actual U.S. coins -- a silver dollar, half dollar and two quarters -- featuring painted-on Obama images.


"This isn't an Obama coin, it's a 50-cent piece with a picture glued on," says Polk, who paid the U.S Coin Network $145.78 for five four-coin and one three-coin sets, including $25.98 in shipping.

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Re: Portlander finds 'Obama coins' not all that mint
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2009, 03:00:06 PM »
Quick! Get that investor a gov't bailout!
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Re: Portlander finds 'Obama coins' not all that mint
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2009, 03:08:06 PM »
Screw it.  :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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Re: Portlander finds 'Obama coins' not all that mint
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2009, 03:28:52 PM »
Thank goodness my Obama plate is still a collector's item.
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Re: Portlander finds 'Obama coins' not all that mint
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2009, 03:39:56 PM »
Let me get this straight...

This gentleman thought that these coins were going to be freshly minted coins with 0bama's face on them?  That they would be legal tender?  That they weren't, in all truth, defaced US money?

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Re: Portlander finds 'Obama coins' not all that mint
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2009, 03:45:14 PM »
Quote from: Chris on February 14, 2009, 03:28:52 PM
Thank goodness my Obama plate is still a collector's item.
Inasmuch as it is an item and you have collected it. You have invested wisely.  :rotf:
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Re: Portlander finds 'Obama coins' not all that mint
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2009, 03:47:17 PM »
When I was a little lad, and collected coins, one time I ordered from some coin dealership in New Hampshire a Lincoln-Kennedy one-cent piece.

There was no misrepresentation; I got what I paid for, a regular Lincoln one-cent piece with the engraved profile of Kennedy facing the profile of Lincoln.

These were supposed to be "collector's items."

For years and years I held on to this investment, but the market never moved.

Finally, one time when I was in college, I went ahead and spent it.
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Re: Portlander finds 'Obama coins' not all that mint
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2009, 04:05:09 PM »
To the story:   :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
I wonder what his DU name is.


Quote from: Chris on February 14, 2009, 03:28:52 PM
Thank goodness my Obama plate is still a collector's item.

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