So much for First Strike hype!

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  1. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    Markus1959, Jan 31, 2015
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  3. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    duh...???
     
    furryfrog02, Jan 31, 2015
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  4. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    Interesting read, and though first strikes never appealed to me, they appeal even less so now.
     
    Seattlite86, Jan 31, 2015
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  5. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    Now, now - too early to start getting sarcastic!! At least wait till later in the afternoon before ya start cracking them open!! :)
     
    Markus1959, Jan 31, 2015
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  6. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Hey it's 2:30 here :) I haven't cracked one open yet but that's not a bad idea ;)
     
    furryfrog02, Jan 31, 2015
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  7. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    Well Mr Rodgers says 2:30 is close enough to "BEER:30"

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    Markus1959, Jan 31, 2015
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  8. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    Yep, First Strike and Early Releases is as big a joke as a pound of pre-82 copper cents being worth the Grade A copper price.

    Chris
     
    cpm9ball, Jan 31, 2015
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  9. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    As I have always said...............




    it was always bull....
     
    Treashunt, Jan 31, 2015
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  10. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    :jawdrop:
    WHAT???? Coin Vault says they are a great investment!! They even gaurantee that you will absolutely sell them for less than what you paid!! :) :jawdrop:
     
    Markus1959, Jan 31, 2015
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  11. Teddydogno1

    Teddydogno1 Well-Known Member

    Yet the Mint helped perpetrate the Kennedy Gold "first coin" fraud at the big show on release day.

    Rob
     
    Teddydogno1, Jan 31, 2015
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  12. treehugger

    treehugger Well-Known Member

    Oh great, now I suppose you are going to be telling us there is no Easter Bunny and no Santa Claus either. What a buzzkill you are, Markus!

    I mean, it's not like some of us on here have been preaching the same thing for years. Now, if we can just get people to stop wasting their money paying premiums for graded modern bullion....

    Anyway, here is our life lesson for today from the movie "Hero" starring Dustin Hoffman:

     
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  13. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    If they said that it would be the first honest comment that they made.
     
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  14. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Anybody who knows anything about coins has always known this. From the very first day that one of the TPGs came up with this designation on a slab, they have known it. It was even written about on this very forum within days of its first occurrence.
     
    GDJMSP, Jan 31, 2015
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  15. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    Well I'm sure not every coin collector started out knowing everything!!
     
    Markus1959, Jan 31, 2015
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  16. onecenter

    onecenter Member

    The real first strike is often the coin held by an official, "pol," overpaid bureaucrat, some so-and-so high functionary, dignitary or whatever usually in a gloved hand for a photo-op, published in Coin World, Numismatic News, The Numismatist or another hobby publication.

    I am usually not cynical about coin collecting, but these special certification labels are right there with the whole certification slab frenzy itself.

    I buy the coin and not the holder.
     
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  17. cpm9ball

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    I'll have you know that I know everything I know.

    Chris
     
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  18. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    As has been said since they first appeared back in 2005.

    And this information from the mint isn't new either. They posed that opinion of the practice years ago.
     
    Conder101, Jan 31, 2015
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  19. Caleb

    Caleb Active Member

    Caleb, Jan 31, 2015
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  20. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Nope they sure didn't. And in point of fact way, way, too many people bought into the nonsense. Too many still do !

    My only point was this is nothing new.
     
    GDJMSP, Feb 2, 2015
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  21. sodude

    sodude Well-Known Member

    Who knows, in 50 years people might look back on this thread in wonder at how collectors dissed the First Strike John Mercanti autographed labels.
     
    sodude, Feb 2, 2015
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