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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 8143665, member: 73489&quot;]More to comment later -- I&#039;m only about 1/2 through the PDF -- but these quick comments:</p><p><br /></p><p>(1)&nbsp; <b>Reading the PDF is good, but the entire thread with questions/responses from the other CU posters would be light-years better. </b> I wonder if the thread was only able to be saved with TTTT&#039;s comments showing (which would be weird)....or....if someone just saved his comments in PDF form and that is what I copied.&nbsp; <b>Because someone in the thread also only had TTTTs comments in the PDF format just like me.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><i>Highly irresponsible for CU to delete the thread even if it got heated, a bit nasty, and had OT or political stuff injected.&nbsp; Just lock the thread !!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>(2)&nbsp; <b>The level of detail from TTTT argues AGAINST it being made-up or a knowing con. </b> OTOH, there are lots of problems with specific details, some of which Insider and others on the original thread appear to have taken issue with.&nbsp; Roger Burdette was apparently there, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>(3)&nbsp; <b><i>Big Picture:&nbsp; Why is anybody getting into the fake coin business ? </i></b> The Mafia and organized crime are into unions, theft, racketering....they are going to make FAKES of an obscure coin (how many people knew about Saint-Gaudens DEs or High Reliefs in the late-1960&#039;s ?)....worry about the quality....have a HUGE fixed cost in the raw gold....then have to sell them to experts and dealers who might catch on ?</p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t make sense.&nbsp; And 20,000 Omegas ?&nbsp; That would have CRUSHED the market.&nbsp; You can&#039;t triple the supply on something and keep the then-current market price of about $500 - $1,000 for MS-quality coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Insider, you were there. </i></b> You noticed the surge in submissions to authenticate MCMVII&#039;s.&nbsp; <i>What was the NORMAL amount per month...and then what happened when the Omegas hit ?&nbsp; We talking about seeing 2-3 coins per month in the 1970&#039;s pre-Omega and then seeing 10 a month ?&nbsp; 50 a month ?&nbsp; 100 a month ? What ?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>(4)&nbsp; <b>There are 2 new CU threads though much smaller than the original. </b> They both end in 2019.&nbsp; At the time, TTTT was saying that a movie or documentary about the Omega High Reliefs was being produced.&nbsp; Any feedback appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>(5)&nbsp; <b><i>Joe Bonanno, Numismatist ? </i></b> If Bonanno were a coin collector and was aware of the history of American coins like the Saint-Gaudens, I could see him venturing into this multi-faceted high-risk venture.&nbsp; But I see nothing to indicate that Bonanno was into coins, Double Eagles, or Saints.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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