AOL has posted an interesting but misleading article

The coins shown are subject to conjecture as the prices suggested are quoted from E-Bay listings.

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/...l37|sec1_lnk2&pLid=-1999779228_htmlws-main-bb

Dave

 

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Some outfit on the Web produces one of these idiot stories every few months. I would think that AOL is being tongue in cheek with the remark coins "you might have lying around" -- but I'm afraid they're not.

 

"Asking Price"

So, if I throw up a worthless cent on eBay for $20,000, then it is fantastically valuable? 'Tis be a true statement by AOL's logic.

 

And I thought Facebook's news feed was bad

 

AOL lost its usefulness when dial up ended.

 

When they report news that the pop-in-jay North Korean leader likes The Donald I lose faith...........huffington, shmufington.........LA/NY Times...Newsday.......Washington Post.......Reuters.....proper news agencies.

 

most of the coins in the slide show are top dollar coins, one that most people, and collectors do not have.

 

Must have needed some space filler and threw something together

 

I looked in between the sofa cushions like the video said and I only found dust bunnies. What gives?!?! Lol

 

Who would buy a 1954 Rosie for $20,000 dollars??? I think they looked on ebay at the most ever paid and chose it regardless of what it was really worth.

 

Ok first, AOL is still a thing??
And 2nd, is this real? How is this possible?

 

Here is a link to the dime, who would pay that much?http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-P-Roos...101875?hash=item25bba76d73:g:bz8AAOSwpIdW8BPM

 

I don't mind these types of articles, they have the potential to get someone looking at their coins and learning more, which is the first step to joining the hobby. I don't see these as much different then B Max Mehl's ads offering to buy a 1913 liberty nickel for $50, it was intended to get people/kids looking at their change.

 

Right below it is a 1954 P MS65 for $22. Mighty expensive toning.

 

Sort of, yes. The company still exists but is owned by Verizon.

 

When has a coin-related article in the non-numismatic press ever not been sloppy, misleading, or full of errors? I feel sorry for B&M dealers who will be switching out their morning coffee for bourbon upon seeing this crap.

 

Proof coinage of the 1970s was steeped in mint hijinks. This, like many other errors of the period, was no accident.