Aw c'mon - this is a joke, isn't it?

I mean, after all -

 

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Not at all. I heard about it the year it came out. I think it's very cool.

 

Perhaps it's a hologram of some sort...I wonder if it gets HBO?

 

I'm with you on this one Hontonai.

If it wasn't the Cook Islands maybe Liberia would have put it out.

 

The Cook Islands, and other similar territories, managed to scam me in my youngest days (I admit with shame......)

but these days, I know better, and I'd willingly pay 2% of face value for whatever they happen to offer, but not more.

 

Wow! 2%. Aren't you stretching it a bit there. It must be worth about 3% by now.

Bruce

 

It isn't the first though. The first was the 2005 Australian "Dancing Man" dollar that celebrated the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII. It has something like 28 images in the hologram that shows a man dancing a jig in celebration. It was copied from a film shot at the time.

 

Now, THIS is a joke.

 

What's sad, is it's on the front page of Coin World. Sometimes, advertisers want the "illusion" of a news story instead of taking out an ad. They pay huge premiums to have a Staff Writer to "research" a story with all the appropriate "interviews"....of course they make sure all the ordering information is sprinkled throughout the article.

Too bad Coin World has sold out to the "Pobjoy" Mint.

 

I disagree. I think it IS a news story, just not a real important one. A company in Europe strikes a coin for a country in Africa that violate a law in California. Because of that the coins are not being sold directly in the United States and anyone who wants one will have to find a middleman and have it shipped to them.

 

What I think would have been interesting is how they were able to choose a face to put on the Michael Jackson coin. Perhaps they intended a 10 year series, with a different face on each year.

 

I didn't mean the article was a joke; just the coin.

 

I don't see a problem with the coin in the first post. In fact I think it's pretty cool. Wouldn't even mind having one some day.

The Michael Jackson coin....on the other hand...is really pushing my limits on any coin in history being welcome in my collection! I wouldn't turn down one if I recieved it as a gift, but I don't think I'm going to go out and buy one for myself, either!

 

True...but do they have to then give the ordering website, the coins' dimensions and compositions...along with a price guide? C'mon...is that all part of "good jounalism"?! Doesn't anything here seem just a little bit fishy to you? encil:

 

so can you see a picture, or do you need to buy a digital converter for that as well!!!

 

I also liked the one in the first post (80 years of television). In fact, I ordered 3 of them after I saw the ad. It's the Michael Jackson coin I think is a little too much, but I realize he has a lot of fans.

 

You could see a picture on the coin until June 12, then it became white noise.