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<p>[QUOTE="acanthite, post: 271942, member: 6647"]I'm in Mesa, AZ today, saw something in the paper that made me laugh (sarcastically), thought I would share the jist of it, since there is no link to post.</p><p> </p><p>Was in the Arizona Republic, a full page 'article' with all the trappings of a real piece of journalism except for the faunt and absurd content. Really it was a full page advert for 'ballistic rolls' of UNC presidential dollars, 'ballistic' meaning they are in lots of 50 coins wrapped in clear plastic and placed in tantalizing gold bar shaped boxes. They are only $98 if you call within 72 hours, oh, plus an unspecified shipping charge. But nowhere in the article does it mention that there are 50 coins per box (I had to count them in the picture to know), even on the boxes, only that it is a total of 425 net grams. Don't forget the 'rarely seen' and 'superb' edge markings! Well, never mind they would be worth more without the edge markings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="acanthite, post: 271942, member: 6647"]I'm in Mesa, AZ today, saw something in the paper that made me laugh (sarcastically), thought I would share the jist of it, since there is no link to post. Was in the Arizona Republic, a full page 'article' with all the trappings of a real piece of journalism except for the faunt and absurd content. Really it was a full page advert for 'ballistic rolls' of UNC presidential dollars, 'ballistic' meaning they are in lots of 50 coins wrapped in clear plastic and placed in tantalizing gold bar shaped boxes. They are only $98 if you call within 72 hours, oh, plus an unspecified shipping charge. But nowhere in the article does it mention that there are 50 coins per box (I had to count them in the picture to know), even on the boxes, only that it is a total of 425 net grams. Don't forget the 'rarely seen' and 'superb' edge markings! Well, never mind they would be worth more without the edge markings.[/QUOTE]
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