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<p>[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 354184, member: 12965"]<span style="color: black">He twisted the words of the Department of Treasury and that can get him into serious trouble. He didn't do a "play" on words, he seriously misrepresented what they said and to do that, all in an effort to make a buck off pocket change, is CHEAP! And anyone who's that cheap, deserves to be called a con-artist!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">He offers nothing more than what you can EASILY find in rolls of pennies from the bank. If his advertisement stated you could go to the bank, get one hundred rolls of pennies, probably find one brass colored penny in them then go to your local coin shop and buy a plastic penny holder for it ($1.00) to keep it safe or you could send him $$$ and he'd save you all that trouble, then I'd concede he's not a con-artist. But he didn’t do that, did he? He said they are RARE and the Treasury’s letter CLEARLY said they aren't. So, who are we to believe? The United States Treasury Department or someone who’s making a buck off a penny that’s probably been in your pocket?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">I just call it as it is!</span></p><p> </p><p>Ribbit :smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 354184, member: 12965"][COLOR=black]He twisted the words of the Department of Treasury and that can get him into serious trouble. He didn't do a "play" on words, he seriously misrepresented what they said and to do that, all in an effort to make a buck off pocket change, is CHEAP! And anyone who's that cheap, deserves to be called a con-artist![/COLOR] [COLOR=black]He offers nothing more than what you can EASILY find in rolls of pennies from the bank. If his advertisement stated you could go to the bank, get one hundred rolls of pennies, probably find one brass colored penny in them then go to your local coin shop and buy a plastic penny holder for it ($1.00) to keep it safe or you could send him $$$ and he'd save you all that trouble, then I'd concede he's not a con-artist. But he didn’t do that, did he? He said they are RARE and the Treasury’s letter CLEARLY said they aren't. So, who are we to believe? The United States Treasury Department or someone who’s making a buck off a penny that’s probably been in your pocket?[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]I just call it as it is![/COLOR] Ribbit :smile[/QUOTE]
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