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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 25818931, member: 59677&quot;]I dump a lot of hate on the &quot;gold plating to create an instant &#039;collectible&#039;&quot; scammers and the garbage they create.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why? Because their target audience was non-collectors duped into believing they were building a valuable collection for the heirs and sold to them at prices that - relatively - would make a buy-here-pay-here car dealer blush.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grannie dies, and as part of settling her estate, the kids take the collection to several coin dealers and basically get laughed out of the shops. And end up dumping Grannie&#039;s gift into the CoinStar at face - leaving a very bad taste at a difficult time.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the gold-plated quarters surface again and again as &quot;I found a rare gold quarter&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and the heirloom-quality rosewood box is usually vinyl or veneer over MDF and emits toxic fumes when burned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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