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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2240250, member: 73555&quot;]This has to be 35-40 years ago, in the very early days of holograms and equipment affordable to the hobbyist.&nbsp; I was at a coin show, and a dealer showed me a 1931-S Lincoln, BU with purple toning.&nbsp; Dynamite coin.&nbsp; He handed me a 10x and said, &quot;Go ahead, take it out, give it a good looking over...&quot;&nbsp; A crowd formed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I turned the 2x2 upside down and gave it a good tap, nothing happened.&nbsp; Nothing came out.&nbsp; Tried to fish the coin out with my fingertip (people weren&#039;t so fussy then) but it&#039;s like it was glued inside the 2x2.&nbsp; Long story short, there was NO coin, just a holographic film.&nbsp; All the other buyers who had been likewise fooled gathered around, laughing their xxx off.&nbsp; That dealer knew how to make a point.</p><p><br /></p><p>You would SWEAR there was a coin inside.&nbsp; Right then and there, I wanted to spend almost $400 on a holographic setup (but I didn&#039;t).&nbsp; Quite a laugh though.&nbsp; Even in the computer age, imagine the benefits of sending a PERFECT replica (costing $1) to a skeptical buyer, then winning him over and making the sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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