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Anybody hear of a gold con...

CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,156 ✭✭✭✭✭
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...where the sucker supposedly bought 94 one-ounce "gold disks" that turned out to be copper disks, and when he went to file a complaint with the police was unable to tell them who he bought the disks from?

A Michigan dealer over on the dealer network heard the story on his local radio while in his car, but has no other details.
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  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,227 ✭✭✭✭✭


    disks like the ones made to pay oil royalties?
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,156 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>disks like the ones made to pay oil royalties? >>



    I did not say that. And besides, those disks were not one ounce.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,140 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>...where the sucker supposedly bought 94 one-ounce "gold disks" that turned out to be copper disks, and when he went to file a complaint with the police was unable to tell them who he bought the disks from?

    A Michigan dealer over on the dealer network heard the story on his local radio while in his car, but has no other details. >>



    Who was this person? I have some magic beans that he may be interested in.image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,227 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>disks like the ones made to pay oil royalties? >>



    I did not say that. And besides, those disks were not one ounce. >>



    They also made a $20 sized disk that was supposed to be 490 grains and 91.7 % fine gold. I've never seen either size personally






  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Have not heard that story... would think it would have received a bit more attention.... Cheers, RickO
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,140 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The story sounds fishy to me. I find it hard to believe that anyone would be stupid enough tobuy a bunch of discs that are claimed to be gold without first getting them tested or assayed.

    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

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    the person should have copied down the radio station and called to see where the sources came from. fwiw
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    I don't think he got any of these:

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