Coin cons

Oct. 1st, 2010 04:51 pm
jeriendhal: (Grumpy)
[livejournal.com profile] zoethe is disgusted by the idea of 9/11 commemerative coins. I've been seeing commercials for these for a few years so they don't bother me that much.

The one that got me recently was an ad in the Washington Post for "seed" coins, based on a story about Jesus in one of the Gospels. Basically low demonination Roman coins that aren't exactly uncommon, but given a jumped up back story to attract religious minded idiots willing to pay more than their worth for a pair of coins that were "Minted during the life of Jesus and showing the religious symbols of the time!"

Y'know, symbols of Zeus, Mithras, the Emperor... headdesk

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