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<p>[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 2041834, member: 24091"]Agree on the bean, the most banal addition to the promotion they could have possibly made. But at least they didn't put the sticker in front of the coin itself. That probably comes after the next resubmission when the coin comes back in a PF53 holder. Or is a 53 designation not one, but two more submissions away after a stop at XF40??</p><p><br /></p><p>And I also agree with George Corell, that the entire "story" surrounding the coin is spurious to begin with. Only an idiot would buy-in to the hype behind this coin, especially the assertion that it is a proof. But with so many 21st century lovers of the confederacy still out there, I say let them plunder themselves on this great "rarity", -let their own finances be destroyed like Sherman marching on Atlanta, so that they can continue the legend in their own head that there was something noble about the Confederate cause. </p><p><br /></p><p>The real shame of it all is that only the winning bidder gets to be ripped-off, instead of every single bidder who raises a paddle card on the lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 2041834, member: 24091"]Agree on the bean, the most banal addition to the promotion they could have possibly made. But at least they didn't put the sticker in front of the coin itself. That probably comes after the next resubmission when the coin comes back in a PF53 holder. Or is a 53 designation not one, but two more submissions away after a stop at XF40?? And I also agree with George Corell, that the entire "story" surrounding the coin is spurious to begin with. Only an idiot would buy-in to the hype behind this coin, especially the assertion that it is a proof. But with so many 21st century lovers of the confederacy still out there, I say let them plunder themselves on this great "rarity", -let their own finances be destroyed like Sherman marching on Atlanta, so that they can continue the legend in their own head that there was something noble about the Confederate cause. The real shame of it all is that only the winning bidder gets to be ripped-off, instead of every single bidder who raises a paddle card on the lot.[/QUOTE]
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