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Waffle cancelled coins rare of garbage?

I read an article on the set of waffle cancelled coins that went on sale on ebay. There was a coin of each denomination. I feel these coins are simply trash or scrap metal. These coins are not really protected after they leave the mint. They have no cash value, and were cancelled to prevent their usage as money. Some of these pieces of scrap metal sold for over $200. I suppose the next step is for someone to develop some sort of equipment to turn regular coins into waffle scraps and sell them as cancelled coins. If somene takes a hammer and smash it into a few coins, can they be sold as oversized coins. LOL!
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
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I can easily imagine these showing up by the boatload if there is decent interest in them. I'd think the Mint would sell scrap metal such as this to the highest bidder, and then they can do whatever they want with them.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
as per the above the person who posted this above me
what a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this would be good collectable for the mint to sell
michael
rollers to get a good grip on them but they may be identifiable. Eventually
these will probably be distressingly common but some people hate to wait.
So apparently the companies can do whatever they want with them. Some entrepreneur ought to contact the two companies and arrange to handle the sale of these.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
I believe it's a Dutch firm that makes this equipment so it's probably possible to run just
about anything through it.
I really do think they are worth anything but melt to me.
Tbig
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