ASE with World Series Labels

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  1. dwhiz

    dwhiz Collector Supporter

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  3. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Sad, but they will sell!
     
  4. WLH22

    WLH22 Well-Known Member

    If it brings more people into the hobby why is it a bad thing? All leagues should consider something like this. In the end at least it is worth the silver (unlike a baseball card).
     
  5. Argenteus Fossil

    Argenteus Fossil Active Member

    Or it could make the hobby look like a bunch of sleazy car salesmen...
     
  6. WLH22

    WLH22 Well-Known Member

    After the way they handled the gold Kennedy half this summer that may have already happened.
     
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  7. Argenteus Fossil

    Argenteus Fossil Active Member

    Precisely my point.
     
  8. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    Well, as long as folks are purchasing WS Memorabilita, I don't really have a problem with whats being sold.

    Who knows, maybe these will catch on and be quite popular for future WS Events?
     
  9. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    "They?" Who is the "they" that you're referring to?
     
  10. Vegas Vic

    Vegas Vic Undermedicated psychiatric patient

    Are the tpg's willing to put any label you want on their coins? I've seen first strike, the hof signatures and even the wtc recovered silver. But I just can't understand or see any possible link here. Am I missing something other then the fact that the tpg's will put any label you want on a coin if you pay them enough?
     
  11. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    I received an email from NGC today and NGC has apparently inked an exclusive agreement with Major League Baseball so this really has nothing to do with individual high volume coin dealers as much as it has to do with NGC providing an opportunity for some slab diversification.

    http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=4293&mlb-certification-labels&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=14-NG-1777 -- NGC MLB Postseason Labels eBlast (Actual Blast)&utm_content=&spMailingID=9761865&spUserID=MTI4MzA4ODkxNjYS1&spJobID=402148296&spReportId=NDAyMTQ4Mjk2S0

    If the Giants win the Series, I'll pick up some Eagles for my wife.

    As a side note, I expect that this is a tie in with the popularity of the HOF Coins but that's just me.
     
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  12. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    Yes kinda. You see, the Major League Baseball organization is very protective of their logo and as such, not just anybody can use it.

    That puts a bit of collectability on the slabs themselves which just happen to be another way to collect Silver Eagles.

    No biggie. If it catches on, next years World Series will show some heavy interest. On the slab collector side.

    But then, we all know that they're just Silver Eagles, produced by the millions and all in extremely high grade. There has to be a way to create a market for them.
     
  13. stewart dandis

    stewart dandis Well-Known Member

    I think I'll wait for the PGA labeled coins, the ones with the HOLE IN ONE labels.
     
  14. dwhiz

    dwhiz Collector Supporter

    Maybe soon they (TPG) will feature your favorite donuts lable
     
  15. Vegas Vic

    Vegas Vic Undermedicated psychiatric patient

    Mcdonalds and m&m are protective of their logo as well. My question was is there even a small credible link between the coins and the World Series?

    I can't wait to buy a hamburgler ase. I will even go so far out of my way to make sure it is a first strike, Chicago ana , early release, licked by Ronald himself label. And it will have to be a 70 of course to round it out.
     
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  16. Argenteus Fossil

    Argenteus Fossil Active Member

    I definitely support the WTC recovery slabs as I am also in support of the labels for specific shipwreck recoveries. I think the provenance there sets that coin apart from all the other silver eagles or 8 reales or whatever the denomination is.

    I agree, there is no link between that silver eagle and the world series, so why put the world series on the label? That just screams junk to sell on TV that later will be brought to a LCS some decade later only to be thoroughly disappointed and leave angry with.
     
  17. JPeace$

    JPeace$ Coinaholic

    I'd pay a little extra for a label sporting the logo of my favorite sports teams. When my favorite teams have won a championship, I've bought collectibles commemorating the achievement that have far less value than an ASE.
     
  18. Argenteus Fossil

    Argenteus Fossil Active Member

    Have the other items you purchased related to the event, though? For example, did you buy a baseball cap with the logo after the championship? I have no issue buying items with the logos - I have shirts, etc. I guess I just did not like that the ASE has nothing to do with baseball, so combining the two did not make sense to me.
     
  19. Rassi

    Rassi #GoCubs #FlyTheW #WeAreGood

    I agree - I don't see the connection between coins and MLB Baseball, besides perhaps the HOF coins themselves... Pretty soon we'll be seeing coins in Starbucks slabs....
     
  20. sodude

    sodude Well-Known Member

    I don't see why there would have to be a connection between coins and what's on the label. It's like buying a pen or a belt buckle with a team logo on it.

    If hope they make a Waffle House label some day.
     
  21. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    Yes.

    The HOF coins brought baseball and coins together on the same playing field.

    Bottom line, if you don't like them, then don't buy them but try to hold the criticism until it's determined how many folks actually want them that don't happen to be coin collectors as much as World Series aficionados.

    My wife is "definitely" interested and she hates my coin collecting.
     
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