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Old 10-13-2004, 03:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Court Halts Sale of September 11 Coins

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday obtained a court order to temporarily suspend the sale of commemorative Sept. 11 coins heavily advertised as being minted from silver recovered at ground zero.

David had a thread about this once, I believe, but I couldn't find it.
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Old 10-13-2004, 03:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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They say it's authorized by the Northern Marianas, not the U.S. govt. Sounds more like the A.G. for NY is up for election.
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David had a thread about this once, I believe, but I couldn't find it.
http://forums.somd.com/showthread.php?t=32423

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The site selling the coins does a lot of great double-talk trying to promote the coin.

The problem I see is that the suit being brought against the coin mfr. says: ... the coin advertised as nearly pure silver is only silver plated...

The site selling the coin says: ...is a silver clad tribute to all who were lost on that fateful day...

How can anyone confuse silver clad for being solid silver?
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The site selling the coins does a lot of great double-talk trying to promote the coin.

The problem I see is that the suit being brought against the coin mfr. says: ... the coin advertised as nearly pure silver is only silver plated...

The site selling the coin says: ...is a silver clad tribute to all who were lost on that fateful day...

How can anyone confuse silver clad for being solid silver?
Stupidity?

The person who bought Jaquelyn Kennedy's faux pearl necklace for $200,000 (?) was upset they were not real. Duh - faux.
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Here comes the bad karma...... I can just feel it.

But really this is a legitimate question....

Are the people buying these coins the same people who are buying everything that's for sale on those telemarketing shows... (home shopping club)? You know the ones.... they get on the air and talk about how they bought fifteen of the "whatevers" last week to give to everyone in their bridge or knitting club.....
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May well be. Who knows? Some people just throw their money away.
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Well, this will make David very happy. He gets cranky everytime he sees that commercial.
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May well be. Who knows? Some people just throw their money away.
Is that the reason why there is the strict limit of 5 per order
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Is that the reason why there is the strict limit of 5 per order
That reminds me, my Elvis Plates from the Franklin Mint have not come in yet.
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