Can you spot the lies in this article?

My wife showed me this little piece of "click bait" and I was absolutely appalled at how inaccurate it was.

How much if this story can you debunk? And how do you feel when you see stories like this in non-coin outlets?

http://shareably.co/old-dime-sells-...=sm21&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=unique

Doug suggested that we all send shareably an email to correct their "facts".

I say we just email them to tell them how we feel about click-bait misinformation about our hobby without even reading their article. (Let's face it, it's wrong and they get paid by the click, so let's not reward their bad info.)

hi@shareably.net

Let them know how you feel.

 

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What is the link?

 

Sorry. Morning brain...

 

It says 2.4 million minted instead of 24!

 

"That’s exactly what a coin collector in Tampa just paid for his item — a dime."

Wrong.

"...almost every dime during that time was melted down."

Uh, no. Like the other guys said, only 24 or so were minted.

"Only 19 of these dimes ended up going into circulation."

Again, wrong.

From the CoinWorld article that is linked at the end of her "article":

"The San Francisco Mint struck nearly 2.5 million Barber dimes in 1893 and had plans to maintain production in 1894, since as of January 1894 the San Francisco Mint had 10 pairs of dies from which it could strike 1894-S dimes. “Unfortunately, the Panic of 1893 caused a widespread and long-lasting economic recession and there was little demand for small change in the shrinking economy,” Heritage noted, and just 24 were struck."

 

Misleading language/images and flat out incorrect facts aside that was also horribly written.

 

"Approximately 2.5 million of these dimes were minted in San Francisco, however, only 10 are known to still exist" from the article!

 

She' has 2.4 K shares though, you gotta believe her.

 

I'm sure Heritage would be disappointed to learn that their coin auctions "rarely" run into the thousands of dollars.

 

General media articles about coin collecting are so riddled with factual garbage that I don't usually bother reading them. The "coin in your pocket" theme has become a favorite for click-bait writers.

When you are getting paid 2 cents per click, accuracy doesn't even play into the equation.

 

That must be hair dye, id expect that article to be written by a blond

 

Apparently there are no qualifications of any value
to be a writer or editor at this news organization. I
wonder what else these clowns have mis represented
in their reporting. Apparently being held to "Beavis and
Butthead" high standards.

 

When I was reading that article, all I could think of was the gif of a certain Western leader proclaiming "WRONG."

 

I'd respond but then I'd have to read the article. Simply clicking on the link is really the only goal with the article since it's clicks which bring in their revenue. Truthful or not.

Kind of a "Damned if you Do" and "Damned if you Don't" type scenario.

 

I admit, I realize that I am feeding the beast by posting this, but it offended my sensibilities so much that I had to comment on it.

Great job by the author, eh?

 

Flawless victory, I'd say. To paraphrase the old saying, "there's no such thing as bad clickthroughs".

 

It's sad, though. Good info would never have gotten the attention.

 

what an EXCELLENT idea, Doug!