Shameless ad ...doesn`t anyone (with ethics) check this stuff out???

vam44

Look at latest Numismatic News inside back cover(next to last page).I guess it`s just about the money.

mbbiker

Whats wrong with the 9.95 price, i've seen them sell for more than that on e-bay

tjkillian

Do you have a link or a scanned image so I could see what you are talking about?

Tom

vam44

Tiny letters at top of ad...
"announcing the national collector`s mint tribute to the...

BOLD LETTERS: "NEW U.S. GOV`T SILVER BUFFALO DOLLAR!!!

as a 100 mil pure silver proof for only $9.95"

Seems wrong to me...

PTVETTER

You know money is money.
that's what it's all about NO shame just No integerty

mbbiker

I guess i missed that the first time i looked at it, i just knew it was a copy so i didn't really read the whole ad.

nwcs

So for those of us who do not get NN, what is the controversy here?

mbbiker

read vam44's 2nd post.

nwcs

Ahh, it's deceptive. The mint has been moving to get those people to stop doing that. Here's a recent case. Mint

airplanenut

Now THAT is how we lose new members to the hobby- mentioning the US Mint is lying and this truly hurts the numismatic community

mbbiker

yep, you got it, the buffalo copy is what we are looking at only it dosn't say giant buffalo proof it just says silver buffalo proof the specs are
composition - 100mil .999 pure silver cladbase
weight - 10z. avdp
diameter 39mm silver dollar size
condition - individually struck proof
series - BB edition
limit - 10,000
registration - by # in ascending order

during the limited advance striking it's only 9.95 but the issue price will be $35.00 for each one.