Court Halts Sale of September 11 Coins

[Kizzy]

Actually, the tax client gave it to me this year. I did his last year's taxes.

 

[2ndAmendment]

Hey 2A, I just wanted you to know I paid $50 and had a star named after you. It is being recorded in some book someplace that has something to do with congress.

 

[Christy]

I always liked Spitzer and now I like him even more. I'm glad to see that I am not the only person who thinks that this coin deal is the epitamy of bad taste and greed. I'm all for capitalism. But, I do not believe that capitalism is synonymous with greed and lack of ethics. Frankly, I'm surprised that the NYPD and NYFD didn't hunt these coin guys down and pummel them (off-duty of course). Yay Spitzer!

Well if there's a market for it.........

Blame the consumer, I find it the epitomy of bad taste and white trash to actually make the effort to buy that crap. :shrug:

Although, I do wish I'd come up with the Elvis in Velvet painting, I'd be one rich greedy capitalist right now.

 

[Penn]

I agree with the part about the consumer who would actually buy something like this. But, I think many people are missing my point about these coins. The World Trade Center site is a mass-murder grave! It is sacred ground! It should not be capitalized on for any reason!

They could have easily sold the original Silver Eagles, that they allegedly recovered from the site, for the going rate of $7-$8/1-oz coin w/o ever mentioning where they were found. Instead, they remolded the silver into a coin that supposedly "commerates" 9/11 (BS!) and they jacked the price of that 1-oz of Silver to $20+ based on the 9/11 connection. It is nothing more than a sick attempt to profit from soneone else's misery.

IMHO, this is absolutely no different than if some fool took the gold that was taken from the fillings in the teeth of the Jews that were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz, molded it into a commerative Auschwitz coin and marketing it as such on TV (The Nazis yanked the gold-filled teeth from their victims before burning them in their furnaces).

Commerative Elvis plates or Dale Earnhart shirts don't even fall into the same category.

Feel better now?

Seriously, I know very well what you're angry about. Too bad the state of NY can't prosecute the greedy *&^#@^&s!

 

[BuddyLee]

lol

What is it with people stealing my tardemark? lol