Was it Zappa who said everyone is someone else's freak? Most people think coin collectors are crazy to "waste their money on coins." In the mean time they're spending a thousand dollars so they can gush (at the next pot party) about the "sooooo awesome" concert they just went to.
There was a small group of CT folks who collected them, (or admitted to collecting them) maybe a dozen or so. Most of the Zombucks I bought was after the program ended. And when silver dropped to $17.