April Fools. Any coin pranks planned? Any past related pranks you don't mind exposing?

abcde12345

Does anyone plan any coin related pranks with either work partners or other fellow collectors?
Have you been pranked?

ifthevamzarockin

I'm gonna go print off a bunch of $100's and go on a shopping spree and give some to strangers in passing.

If I am questioned I will explain how it is all just a April Fool's joke.

Coinstartled

Save a few of the real ones for bail.

MrEureka

I was thinking about posting an 1894-S dime for sale but thought better if it.

renman95

In play...

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

...I was gonna list 5 separate white rattlers on eBay for $50 each BIN (not like I own any)...but adding small print at the very bottom of each description, followed by 5 eBay messages to the buyer/buyers letting them know they got fooled seemed like a little too much trouble...if I still drank booze, I probably would have pulled the trigger...but marijuana has me thinking way too much about what can go wrong...time to roll another one fellas...happy April fools CU board

PerryHall

@ifthevamzarockin said:
I'm gonna go print off a bunch of $100's and go on a shopping spree and give some to strangers in passing.

If I am questioned I will explain how it is all just a April Fool's joke.

Let us know how that worked out for you assuming you have internet access in prison.

giorgio11

Back when I was working for Heritage I pulled a pretty good one on one of their very senior numismatists. At the time I was doing a lot of Canadian and I wrote a very straight-faced, serious note about discovering a DDO Canadian sovereign with the portrait of George V showing "clear hints of the right-facing portrait of Edward VII underneath. Not only is this the first known doubled die obverse gold coin of the Canadian series, it is also the first overmonarch in the entire British era." He fell for it, hook, line, and sinker. I will never forget his response a bit later that day. "I was sitting on the throne and realized what day it was and thought, 'Oh, s#$t.' "

I've never tried to top that one ...

Happy AFD everybody!

Kind regards,

George

ricko

I have never been 'coin pranked'... Nor have I ever tried one.....I know my wife will try a prank today, she does every year...Sometimes she gets me... I must be super aware today, she is clever. Cheers, RickO

thisistheshow

@ricko said:
I have never been 'coin pranked'... Nor have I ever tried one.....I know my wife will try a prank today, she does every year...Sometimes she gets me... I must be super aware today, she is clever. Cheers, RickO

I am in the same boat, expecting something- but so is my wife. Perhaps today I shall be the more clever one.

thisistheshow

@giorgio11 said:
Back when I was working for Heritage I pulled a pretty good one on one of their very senior numismatists. At the time I was doing a lot of Canadian and I wrote a very straight-faced, serious note about discovering a DDO Canadian sovereign with the portrait of George V showing "clear hints of the right-facing portrait of Edward VII underneath. Not only is this the first known doubled die obverse gold coin of the Canadian series, it is also the first overmonarch in the entire British era." He fell for it, hook, line, and sinker. I will never forget his response a bit later that day. "I was sitting on the throne and realized what day it was and thought, 'Oh, s#$t.' "

I've never tried to top that one ...

Happy AFD everybody!

Kind regards,

George

This is a very aggressive AFD joke. Well-done!

skier07

@MrEureka said:
I was thinking about posting an 1894-S dime for sale but thought better if it.

That would be a great AFD prank but in light of robbery probably not a good idea.