Your coins could be rare and worth Millions!..

Or even Billions

Here is a compliment of screenshots I take of these ludicrous announcements that are sent to my cellphone almost every single day



Some even use the exact same picture to lie to new collectors

 

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And this is partly why eBay is flooded with all sorts of nonsense.

 

Who is Rosie Williams and where can I send her a strongly worded letter?

 

Oops! Rosie isn't so Rosey anymore. is she? Probably a fake name anyways.

 

This is why we get so many one-thread-wonders who find something like this in their change, come on here asking what we think of them finding one of these in their change and how much it's worth (maybe putting out the feelers on if there's anyone interested in buying).

There so much bs on the internet, especially when watching youtube vids and you get those ads that auto play before, during and after each vid. I'm so sick of it.

 

I must be worth a couple trillion. I should have retired!

 

Somebody could probably do some interesting reverse engineering on the clickbait farms based on how those prices mutate and propagate over time. Might be fun to mess with them.

 

And to think I'm sitting on a gold mine and and don't realize it.

 

Hey Randy, I wasn't to find her and sell her some coins!

 

I think that the 1933 double eagle has sold for $18 million. To think, that coin is a piker compared to the coins on this list. Who knew?

 

You think if the King of Siam set were to come back to market that it would surpass the 33 double eagle?

 

I don’t think so, unless two very wealthy collectors fight over it. It seems that the 1804 Dollar (original, circa 1834) has lost a lot of steam since it was once called the “king of American coins.” There have been instances when a high grade 1794 dollar, which overall is much more common, has sold for more. The other coins in the King of Siam Proof set are not worth enough to make up the difference IMO. That includes the 1804 “restrike” $10 gold, which is probably worth $1 million or so.

Conversely, if I were a very wealthy collectors, I would fight over it at auction. I think that the King of Siam set is the #1 item in American numismatics, but my opinion was not translate to high auction bids.

 

It is possible those ridiculous click baits may actually do some good for the hobby. Yes, we get the one-thread member who is disillusioned and never comes back. But suppose some of these take those rare Bicentennial Quarters into a local coin shop. True, he or she might be deflated over only having 25 cents but might actually become interested in the real stuff displayed there.

 

Perhaps, but based on posts we've seen here, they might also come away convinced that "coin shop dealers are all just crooks trying to rip people off and offer pennies for their RARE COINS THAT ARE STILL IN CIRCULATION".

 

I have never gotten any such "announcements" on my phone. Any idea what you visited or signed up for that got you on their list? Or is this just crap that pops up in your TicTok, Instagram, Facebook etc feed? (I don't have any of that stuff).

 

They're multiplying on my Google News feed. I reported a bunch of those "news stories" as "misleading or sensational", but as best I can tell, that just makes Google think I'm really really interested in them.

 

I also wonder what sort of crappy lottery you won. I have never seen messages like that. i can only assume someone you have done business with has sold your name. Sorry about that. James

 

You can have a Million dollar wheat cent, if you have one hundred million of them.