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Great thread👍

@OAKSTAR said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@InGodWeTrustCoins said:
They have not charged the card. I am more worried about the missing 1909-S VDBs.

@jmlanzaf No, I am not sure they are in business but I would think they would remove their website.

Not necessarily. As long as their hosting service is paid for, it will remain unless someone takes it down. Your experience as well as @OAKSTAR suggests they are not

And their PO Box? If it's still active, are they still in business?

Depends on how long it was paid up. Do we know if any mail was collected. You tried to call them, didn't you?

@WQuarterFreddie said:
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@WQuarterFreddie said:

@Connecticoin said:

@PeakRarities said:
This is just one of those nonsense articles to generate clicks, nothing remotely insightful here.

Or accurate. Garbage like this is consumed as “news”.

Quite frankly, it introduced me to coins I had never heard of and gave me a brief history of each.

I think you experienced collectors need to remember that you all started at the beginning and didn't know much about coins until you researched them.

FWIW, articles like this one helps to generate interest in the hobby of which many of you complain is dying.

You all need to learn to be nicer to the noobies!😉

Freddie, I like you very much and enjoy some of your posts here, especially your passion. I am a full time dealer and see pretty much everything that happens in the hobby/business of coins. I’ll be honest, I’m surprised you posted an article that is so far away from a numismatic side, but much more to “silly news” side. As a person who respects, enjoys, learns and has made my life out of coins, you must be able to see this kind of article is just “fluff” it the most basic sense.

You have been around and made some cool and interesting conversations about coins you like. Do you not see how an article like this to the general public contains an incredible amount of misinformation as well as setting up a new person for failure! It’s actually articles like this that hurt the hobby from new people coming in expecting the “highest mountain” but then get told they are a waste of time.

Nothing I’m saying here is meant to be against you personally; so please know I’m not attacking you. But I am concerned you are standing up for such an article and then sharing it in such a group of serious collectors, then questioning why the responses are what they are?

Thank you for taking the time to post and your kind words about me.

Quite frankly, I posted the article because I found it interesting. I totally understand why the experienced collectors have no interest in it but to dismiss it as click bait is a bit much in my opinion.

"We dismissed it because it IS clickbait, and it's misleading for novices. In the future other novices will stumble across this thread, so in the interest of posterity, it's best to set the record straight. In terms of "experienced collectors", context is needed. Compared to a significant portion of collectors, YOU are the experienced one. You've been a member here since 2020 and you have 3000 posts, surely you're multiples more experienced than you were then, no?"

"Clickbait (also known as link bait or linkbait is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow ("click") that link and view, read, stream or listen to the linked piece of online content, being typically deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading. A "teaser" aims to exploit the "curiosity gap", providing just enough information to make readers of news websites curious, but not enough to satisfy their curiosity without clicking through to the linked content. Clickbait headlines often add an element of dishonesty, using enticements that do not accurately reflect the content being delivered."
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"Clickbait is primarily used to drive page views on websites,whether for their own purposes or to increase online advertising revenue. It can also be used for phishing attacks for the purpose of spreading malicious files or stealing user information.[20] The attack occurs once the user opens the link provided to learn more. There are various clickbait strategies, including the composition of headlines of news and online articles that build suspense and sensation, luring and teasing users to click. Some of the popular approaches in achieving these include the presentation of link and images that are interesting to the user, exploiting curiosity related to greed or prurient interest.[20] It is not uncommon, for instance, for these contents to include lewd image or a "make money quick" scheme.

To be clear, this was not an article from one of the AD links on AOL. The article is from gobankingrates.com

Ok, but whats your point? If we're talking about credibility, that changes nothing for me.

For a novice collector the article sheds light on some interesting coins. Yes, some readers will interpret it literally that they can find some of these "Still in Circulation" coins but am sure there are many others like me that can read through the exaggerations of availability and valuations.

You’re kidding, right? You are giving WAY too much credit to the intellect of the average American. We live in a society where cashiers don't even know how to make change, and they call the police when you use a two dollar bill

I never knew some of the coins mentioned existed in the coin world. That was my take from the article not that I could find one of them still in circulation or become rich looking through coin rolls.

Are you talking about the varieties? I'm clueless about the "speared bison", matter of fact I'm clueless about the vast majority of varieties. Sure I recognize a 55 DDO and the uber-popular ones like that but beyond that, consider me ignorant.

Most importantly, I believe this forum should be more welcoming to new collectors. Unfortunately, there are a few members on here that believe it is their private forum and they are quick to try and dismiss, intimidate and bully any member and/or topic they disagree with instead of discussing it with an open mind and civility.😎

Freddie, from what I've seen the forum is plenty welcoming to new members. Of course there will always be a few sour grapes, as with any community. Typically, when there’s around 20 comments, maybe one will be rude or dismissive. In light of that, keep in mind that the members that contribute to the encyclopedia of knowledge here don’t get paid to do so, so when a new collector posts here to obtain some of the most well respected and FREE opinions in the country, I don’t feel as we owe it to them to speak as if they were sensitive children. Im sure some might consider a link to the red book on amazon as flippant or dismissive, but you cant help someone that doesn't want to help themselves.

Listen, I'm not trying debate you here but have a tendency to double down and dig your heels in which makes it too easy. I'm glad you found it to be a good read, but it has no useful or accurate information to discuss. I'd rather you post your opinion of what 10 coins you expect to appreciate, with reasoning and data as to why.

@OAKSTAR said:

@InGodWeTrustCoins said:
@OAKSTAR I have known about SEGS for many years, they seemed to be somewhat prominent in the industry a long time ago so I did not think anything like this would happen when I sent them coins. This is my first submission to them. I mailed the coins to the address on the top of their submission forms. The tracking number shows the package was delivered back in August. I left them my credit card number on the submission form.

Have you tried calling the UPS store and seeing if your package was picked up by SEGS? Apparently, their PO box is still active.

To clarify, if it's located in a UPS store it's not really a PO Box, and I assume the "receipt" was the package being delivered to the UPS store, not the PMB (Private Mail Box) holder.

I guess a call to the UPS store might possibly help clarify if they are still picking up their mail.