WTH Is A Ballistic Roll Of Coins ???

Coll3ctor

I don't get it Can these be fired out of a cannon or firearm


Clicky

DennisH

It's a made up term by people running a marketing hype program designed to lure unknowing people into paying multiples of face value for coins they can get at the bank.

UtahCoin

And they came in a box that looked like a brick of gold. Real scummy marketing campaign.

messydesk

<< <i>I don't get it Can these be fired out of a cannon or firearm >>


Or slingshot or catapult or... Once it's in flight with no guidance system of its own, it's considered a ballistic projectile. I suppose the term could also be applied to the sucker that bus them once they go and try to sell them for more than face value and are told they'd been had.

Coll3ctor

"Or slingshot or catapult or... Once it's in flight with no guidance system of its own, it's considered a ballistic projectile."

RWB

It's a made up term by people running a marketing hype program designed to lure unknowing people into paying multiples of face value for coins they can get at the bank.

Analogous to "First Strikes" or "MS-70" pocket change "Registerie Sets" or other gimmicks to free collectors and people raised with their head-in-a-hole-in-the-ground from their cash.

19Lyds

From the original World Reserve Flyer:

Going, Going, Gone
Free coins are being handed out for the next 72 hours to all who cover the $124 vault
release fee for the last of the mammoth ‘Ballistic Rolls’ of new U.S. Gov’t dollar coins

(UMS) - It’s like a run on the banks. The phones just keep ringing off the hook. For the next 72 hours the public is actually getting never-before-seen Ballistic Rolls of the U.S. Government’s dazzling new Presidential Dollar Coins. “The mammoth Ballistic Rolls captured in these world exclusive photos are being handed over to everyone who calls the National Order Hotline beginning at 8:30 a.m. this morning and those who beat the order deadline are actually getting 5 free coins and the first ballistic roll of 2008 with each complete set of 2007 ballistic rolls,” confirmed Timothy Milton, Chief of Coin Operations for the private World Reserve Monetary Exchange.

The U.S. Gov’t barely got started minting these new coins and by law were required to stop production forever. There will never be any more.

“First issue coins like these are highly sought after, but we’ve never seen anything like these sealed Ballistic Rolls being put into the public’s hands direct from the private vaults of the World Reserve. Coin values always fluctuate and there are never any guarantees, but uncirculated Eisenhower Dollar coins as recent as 1973 have already increased in value by an astonishing 1,200 percent,” Milton said. “So just imagine what these gigantic fifty coin rolls of new Presidential Dollar Coins could bring someday. These are not ordinary commercial bankrolls. You can’t get these Ballistic Rolls from the U.S. Gov’t, the Federal Reserve or any local bank. You just can’t find these anywhere because they remain sealed in the crystal clear Vault Tubes that show off the coins’ edge markings,” he said. Each sealed Vault Tube is then encased in its own gold foil Vault Brick to preserve the coins’ radiant, four metal alloy in brilliant nevercirculated condition.

And here’s the best part. “We are releasing the entire hoard of these sealed Ballistic Rolls from our vaults in the Vault Bricks for just the $124 fee for each. They are so heavy they feel like solid bars of .999 pure gold. So be careful, you may need both hands to pick them up,” he said.

“Remember, these coins have never been in the hands of the public. Never-circulated coins are among those most likely to increase in value,” said Milton. You would expect that these Vault Bricks of never-circulated Ballistic Rolls would never leave the vault. But now, you can show them off like a diamond ring or a brand new car. You just won’t believe the expression on people’s faces when you hand them one of these. It’s like you just gave them a Million Dollars.

“We can’t stop people from breaking the sealed tubes open and handing the Presidential Coins out individually. But anyone who does would be an absolute fool. So, to keep that
from happening we are giving away a free Presidential Dollar Coin with each Ballistic Roll. That way everyone can still examine and show off the individual free coin without breaking the seal on the valuable Ballistic Rolls,” Milton said. “Just think if you had saved the Eisenhower Dollar Coins. Right now you’d be tempted to cash them in for a huge jackpot. Now that this free coin giveaway is being so widely advertised, people are practically clawing each other’s eyes out to beat the order deadline for the sealed Ballistic Rolls,” said Milton.

Beginning today at 8:30 a.m., the National Order Hotline opens to the public for only 72 hours. Readers must dial 1-800-618-8510. If the lines are busy, keep trying. “We have to put limits on dealers. But everyone else who calls should be able to get what they need,” Milton said.



Gosh! All you had to do to get your 50 FREE Washington Dollars was pay the $124 Vault Fee.

Of course, these prices have gone up since then:



This equates to 50 Monroe Dollars for the low low price of only $153.88

These folks have "served" quite a few folks who truely believe that they will be rich in 30 years.

Unfortunately, the only thing special here is the packaging as the coins ARE readily available at any major US Bank. Also, the driving force behind this entire promotion is the fact the no US Dollar coin has EVER achieved common circulation status due to the continued use of the paper dollar. The net result is that folks have heard of these, but have never "seen" them. Therefore, a lot of folks truely believe that these are "rare".

Sadly, whats being done is totally legal and within the confines legitimate selling techniques.

Bochiman

The term arrived from folks "going ballastic" when they learned what they had paid $$$$$ for was really worth $$.

mrfred

Me, I am not interested in ballistic coins. I'm waiting for nuclear coins. Then I'm buyer -- for sure.

barbershopper

They're named that so you'll hopefully think they're special and
ring them up and buy a few.
We in Illinois see them in full page ads in our newspapers.
I'm sick and tired of them.
JT

Coll3ctor

I would be more likely to buy them just because they are from the famed "World Reserve Monetary Exchange"

roadrunner

The small % above face value these ballistic rolls are being offered for in my local newspapers doesn't really qualify as a scam imo. But when you add up thousands or tens of thousands of orders at an extra 30-70% over face value, it can add up quick. Place a ballistic roll in a sock and you have some of the cheapest protection available while going to and from coin shows. You can really go ballistic with one of those.

Yes, those rolls can be fired out of a small cannon if you have the bore size and the powder to propel them. I know I wouldn't want to be standing in front of a cannon when a ballistic roll came flying out. OUCH!

roadrunner

tombr

I heard Billy the Kid used a shotgun with dimes as ammo to kill a deputy. Maybe it's just Hollywood, but I think it's true.

JoeLewis

What's up with the baby's hand holding the roll?

GrumpyEd

<< <i>Free coins are being handed out for the next 72 hours to all who cover the $124 vault release fee >>

Coll3ctor

<< <i>What's up with the baby's hand holding the roll? >>




Good catch

19Lyds

<< <i>The small % above face value these ballistic rolls are being offered for in my local newspapers doesn't really qualify as a scam imo. Yes, those rolls can be fired out of a small cannon if you have the bore size and the powder to propel them. I know I wouldn't want to be standing in front of a cannon when a ballistic roll came flying out. OUCH!

roadrunner >>



These are 50 coin rolls for over $150 which to me, equals a 200% markup.

But then you do get some nifty packaging and a sweet, sweet story on how "rare" these are!