Is this the final nail in numismatic's coffin?

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  1. Jislizard

    Jislizard Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Source: http://news.coinupdate.com/extraord...nours-canonisation-of-pope-john-paul-ii-3253/


    It seems to me you can pretty much slap a legal tender label on anything and call it a coin.

    Most people will just ignore this sort of thing, but I can start to hear people laughing at the hobby, even people within the hobby think this is gettig a bit out of hand, how can we get new people to join up if the hobby can't be taken seriously?

    If there are no new collectors who am I going to sell my Mickey Mouse coins to in the future?
     
    Jislizard, Apr 24, 2014
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  2. serial

    serial Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    hahahahahaha
    they have got to be kidding right?!?!
     
    serial, Apr 24, 2014
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  3. Jislizard

    Jislizard Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Nope it is "a new concept in coinage never previously seen"
     
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    Altima Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I don't think this qualifies as a numismatic does it?
     
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  5. serial

    serial Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    that's because its not a coin, it is a silver statue stamped with a value
     
    serial, Apr 24, 2014
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    Caput Lupinum Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I want to see a 4D coin and don't give me any guff about the laws of physics. chop chop
     
    Caput Lupinum, Apr 24, 2014
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  7. Jislizard

    Jislizard Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Depends on your definition I suppose, I certainly wouldn't consider it as part of my collection or an area I would want to study, but dicitionary definition...

    - Wikipaedia

    I guess it would count.
     
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    Are you taking the Mickey out of me? :D
     
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  9. Jislizard

    Jislizard Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    No more than usual :) , why ?
     
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    Central Govts. have been doing that for years :p

    don't forget last year's Rwandan mint's ongoing 3-d travesty... they were called "coins" too!


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    +1
    And somehow i doubt they will be selling this cheaply.
    Boxstackers.com.au anyone?
     
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    i would buy that/want to. just like the ones in clawhammers post. but not as my stack as a cool display thing on my desk or on a shelf next to pictures that people can pick up and play with. but calling it a coin...neh
     
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    I'd probably get my finger stuck in it :(
     
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    Its never been or going to be in circulation so no...
     
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    it is nice case for other coins ... may be gold ones ))
     
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    Personally I think it should have remained unseen!
     
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    Whats the point of giving these sort of things cash values if you can't actually spend them?
     
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