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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7993265, member: 19463&quot;]Sorry folks but this strikes me as a natural progression from the mindset that brought is the slab that prevents touching the coin or even seeing it to advantage.&nbsp; Who remembers the &#039;funds&#039; thirty years ago where you could buy shares in a portfolio of exceptional ancient coins that you could never see?&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2011/11/looking-back-to-athena-fund-ii.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2011/11/looking-back-to-athena-fund-ii.html" rel="nofollow">https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2011/11/looking-back-to-athena-fund-ii.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, they got a disease (a mosaic virus strain) that made tulips that were &#039;different&#039; looking (some beautiful) but tended to die off at a disturbing rate.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_breaking_virus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_breaking_virus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_breaking_virus</a></p><p>I now propose a new service through which you send a coin and it will be infected with bronze disease (silver and gold coins take longer so the turn-around time for return of your upgraded specimens will be a few decades longer).&nbsp; While no specific dates are guaranteed, management will strive to get any gold coins submitted back to you within a century of the original submission.&nbsp; As a limited time bonus, no payment for these services will be required in advance for raw coins sent in untracked first class mail but a $50 (cash or bitcoin) deslabbing fee is required for coins in plastic. Franchises are available. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Send coins addressed to Santa Claus, North Pole. </p><p><br /></p><p>Whoever said, &quot;There is a sucker born every minute&quot; considerably underestimated the number of sheep available for fleecing.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_a_sucker_born_every_minute" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_a_sucker_born_every_minute" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_a_sucker_born_every_minute</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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