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McDonalds may have dropped the ball with the anniversary tokens? HELP!!
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Calling all TPGS's and collectors. Hope this turns out OK.
I just called the McDonalds corporate office. As you may know , they have issued 5 tokens with a design for each decade. I've been told that the company did not bother to give the tokens a specific name so the only difference besides the design is the date.
One TPGS has labeled the tokens dated 1988 - 1998 as "Abstract Art" on their label. IMO, it would be nice if all four major TPGS's used the same basic description on their labels.
Anyone have a clue?
- 1968 - 1978 looks like the "Flower Power" or Hippie decade.
- 1978 - 1988 may be music or space exploration.
- 1988 - 1998 has been called "Abstract Art."
- 1998 - 2008 ???
- 2008 - 2018 Looks like the "Internet Age?"
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Oy Vey
I wasn't aware they had names, but from the McD website:
MacCoin celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Big Mac. The MacCoin highlights:
•The ‘70s, showcasing the decade’s flower power
•The ‘80s alluding to pop art
•The ‘90s defined with bold, abstract shapes
•The early ‘00s specifically focusing on the technology that was at the forefront of the turn of the century
•The ‘10s MacCoin calling attention to the evolution of communication
I've been looking on the Internet for over an hour!
Oy indeed. How the mighty have fallen.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
You'll have to take their word for it on the Pop Art. It seems art is what the "experts" say it is.
Don't forget the political symbol hidden in the 5th design - the Donald Trump "thumbs up" sign at the top. I am surprised the rumor has not gained more traction with the general public. It is well documented that DT partakes in McD's occasionally, and there is a report from an unreliable source that the Washington, D.C. McDonald's is planning to install a special drive through lane for Air Force One. It might require Congressional hearings to get to the bottom of it.
You don't "drop the ball" at a McDonalds, you "Drop the fries" into the cooker.
The thumbs up design is just one of many emojis on the piece.
Are PCGS and NGC slabbing these things?
McHigh or Mctrip
NGC and ICG are. I see no reason why the other two would not. Mo Money, mo money...
The 2008 - 2018 Token should be named:
The Decade of "The Snowflake"
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Editorial Comment:
"They are nothing but ugly good-for tokens. Why waste $25 each to put them in a plastic holder with a paper label? As for consistency of naming the things, TPGs should be putting effort into making their "grading" consistent, stable and reliable, not what name to print on a 'Big Mac' token."
Can't wait to see the slab for this one.
No Way Out: Stimulus and Money Printing Are the Only Path Left
Oy vey x 100
Why not just refer to them by the years?
Hoard the keys.
tulip tokens
No Way Out: Stimulus and Money Printing Are the Only Path Left
Thankfully there were only five. If there were many more, I'd be the one on a slab.
For some unknown reasons .... McPuke is blinking in my head
*updated for grammar as always
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I sympathize. However, if the TPGs followed your dicta, they would be out of business in another 5, maybe 10 years. Furthermore, many sharp-eyed wholesalers would go out of business too.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
I could NOT wait for my parcel to come in for my contest ..... we are beating the horse
My NADA participants I love.....and the coin in the merit
RE: "However, if the TPGs followed your dicta, they would be out of business in another 5, maybe 10 years. Furthermore, many sharp-eyed wholesalers would go out of business too."
Would that necessarily be a bad thing? When business no longer meets the wants of customers, they disappear. That is basic capitalism. If collectors cast aside bad habits and demand consistent, stable and reliable "grading," then the present folks will be replaced.
1968 - 1978 Natural Spirituality
1978 - 1988 Bull market
1988 - 1998 Global internet
1998 - 2008 High tech (clouds and technology)
2008 - 2018 Social networking
Mc party. Wish it was sealed I may have bit wonder where it came from manger maybe..
Hoard the keys.
OMGosh @Type2 ... I need to wash my hands
We could also name them by the progression of symptoms you would have if you had been eating them for that long:
Speaking of type 2, has anyone acquired diabetes yet eating all of these Big Macs for these tokens?
@Paradisefound... That is a great picture of a Big Mac and the tokens... It even looks appetizing. Your photographic skills should be recognized by McDonalds and rewarded with an advertising contract....plus, a reward in the form of five solid gold MacCoins...
Cheers, RickO
…..and free Big Macs for life!!!
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
For how long? A business that is self-limiting will not stay in business for very long or else will not grow beyond the Mom and Pop stage. IF collectors cast aside bad habits.... Good luck with that. Enough collectors benefit from the current system that there will not be a huge incentive for change. CAC did not start because collectors wanted change, it started because dealers wanted change (safer sight-unseen trading and more stable prices for better coins).
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Editorial Response: Thankfully the "What to collect police" did not have such a large platform to voice their displeasure in the past when all those "junk" pieces (now worth $$$) were being struck and consigned to the 25c boxes.
Unfortunately, we all tend to think about things as they are from our "age of reason" to the present. It tends to narrow down our perspective and invalidate the future possibilities.
PS These tokens are being slabbed for $10 at one service. Yesterday, I had a call from a major dealer claiming that one second tier TPGS was slabbing his coins for $5. That's so sad.
How do you turn the coins around so you can see the dates and not ruin the package seal? I think I have a full set but its turned into the packaging.
I have not tried to see if you can flip them in the pouch, but in any case you should be able to see enough of the design above or below the card that you can figure out what you have,
It's theirs already @ricko
Tap Tap Tap
the Donald Trump "thumbs up" sign at the top
It's the Facebook like symbol.
@Paradisefound ....Oh...OK.... thought it was the result of your multi-talented skills...
Cheers, RickO
Let me take a wild guess, you have zero interaction with social media? The thumbs up design isn’t Donald trumps, I’m sure he would take credit for it if asked but the thumbs up is definitely a product of Facebook and is probably a major factor in its popularity and success, people are obsessed with “likes” it transformed social media and the majority have followed suit, even these forums use the like symbol. Now give me some likes so I can feel good about myself!!
Big Macs' sauce is gross. Dont @ me. ;-) I'm waiting for the Quarter Pounder with Cheese commemorative coin program.
Shouldn't it be called a "quarter pounder with pasteurized prepared cheese product"?
Lance.
Well, you see, I in fact do not have much experience with social media (by choice), unless you can count this forum. But, I was under the impression that the little winky guy might tip people off to the fact that is was (mostly) a joke.
If they still couldn't figure it out then maybe the part about the drive thru lane for Air Force One might have been another hint. 
If anyone still can't figure it out then I will start a GoFundMe page for them so they can rasie money to buy a sense of humor. Big Mac tokens are such a deadly serious topic that I felt we needed a little levity or at least some dry wit. I was also sort of hoping some fringe crackpot with a blog would pick up the false rumor and run with it.
P.S. - I have heard that Facebook and others deliberately set out to suck people into their universe with likes and agrees and thumbs. To some degree that also happens here.
But I guess that's life in the 21st century.
The disparity between the experts on this form and the totally uninformed is so great that IMO, anything that is posted IS NOT A JOKE. I'm so gullible that I thought your post was actually...
Oh HANG ON Who are measly "WE" to disparage historic numismatic relics of great importance?
OK I'll save the funny stuff for April 1.
Hoard the keys.