Newest Gimmick Coin
What's the newest gimmick in coins? Canada has just released for the "first time" a $50 3 oz Maple Leaf, incuse and reverse proof all at the same time with edge lettering to boot! The latest gimmick just being released at the post office is......drum roll please..........get ready for..........
Scratch & Sniff Stamps!!! OMG that's crazy, but true. They have pics of popsicles on them. So, perhaps our government will come out with the new Scratch & Sniff Coin???? It grades less and less with each scratch!!!! This stuff is too good to be made up.
So, what would be a new gimmick for coins? Any wild ideas? We've already done curved, cut out shapes, colorized, bottle caps, square, with holes, enhanced, reversed, incused, high relief, gold layered........what have we not thought of?????
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Musical coins that fold, and when opened, play a short tune.... much like some greeting cards. Or a commemorative with an embedded chip that gives a short history of the event/person so honored. Fasten your seat belts, they will come....
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@thebeav said:
Invisible coins !
I think we can make a fortune....Like bitcoins?
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With so many crappy coin designs out there I think I'll pass on 'scratch & sniff'.
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paper coins?
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Crystal 3D coin?
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@gonzer said:
With so many crappy coin designs out there I think I'll pass on 'scratch & sniff'.What about a scratch & sniff first spouse series?
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."----Voltaire4 -
The "prestigious" Royal Canadian Mint has done it again! The Peak Echelon of Gimmick coins... The Carousel coin sold out immediately, modern coin buying is a gimmick magicians market gentlemen... :'(
all around collector of many fine things
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(Covered, more appropriately, in another thread)
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@Onastone said:
What's the newest gimmick in coins? Canada has just released for the "first time" a $50 3 oz Maple Leaf, incuse and reverse proof all at the same time with edge lettering to boot! The latest gimmick just being released at the post office is......drum roll please..........get ready for..........
Scratch & Sniff Stamps!!! OMG that's crazy, but true. They have pics of popsicles on them. So, perhaps our government will come out with the new Scratch & Sniff Coin???? It grades less and less with each scratch!!!! This stuff is too good to be made up.So, what would be a new gimmick for coins? Any wild ideas? We've already done curved, cut out shapes, colorized, bottle caps, square, with holes, enhanced, reversed, incused, high relief, gold layered........what have we not thought of?????
Dont forget miniature guitars being called coins, and meteor rocks.
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@Onastone said:
What's the newest gimmick in coins? Canada has just released for the "first time" a $50 3 oz Maple Leaf, incuse and reverse proof all at the same time with edge lettering to boot! The latest gimmick just being released at the post office is......drum roll please..........get ready for..........
Scratch & Sniff Stamps!!! OMG that's crazy, but true. They have pics of popsicles on them. So, perhaps our government will come out with the new Scratch & Sniff Coin???? It grades less and less with each scratch!!!! This stuff is too good to be made up.So, what would be a new gimmick for coins? Any wild ideas? We've already done curved, cut out shapes, colorized, bottle caps, square, with holes, enhanced, reversed, incused, high relief, gold layered........what have we not thought of?????
A step closer to a coin that looks and smells like bacon as I had mentioned couple months ago.
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@TommyType said:
(Covered, more appropriately, in another thread)Oooops, I didn't see that thread. Sorry if you think this is inappropriate , the stamps being released today made me wonder about our coins....that's all.
@coinpro76 said:
The "prestigious" Royal Canadian Mint has done it again! The Peak Echelon of Gimmick coins... The Carousel coin sold out immediately...That's crazy....that's really going too far!
Yikes...that's so true.
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@Onastone said:
@TommyType said:
(Covered, more appropriately, in another thread)Oooops, I didn't see that thread. Sorry if you think this is inappropriate , the stamps being released today made me wonder about our coins....that's all.
No, no, no....This thread is the only one I've seen with the (rather absurd) "scratch and sniff" stamps, and related coin possibilities....
I was just deleting my post which was somewhat off topic, and showing the Trump-Kim coin/medal.
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If you wanna see gimmick coins, look at all the Niue stuff, all of them are so gimmicky
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@mkman123 said:
If you wanna see gimmick coins, look at all the Niue stuff, all of them are so gimmickySpeaking of gimmick, I am a big fan of Roman Booteen
And his newest artwork.
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@TurboSnail said:
Speaking of gimmick, I am a big fan of Roman Booteen
Yes I remember seeing this Dental coin before. Definitely one of the top 10 in this gimmick category!!!!!! How many of them exist? And the new one is pretty amazing! Now if he only used pink gold under those butterflies.....
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How about coins made from genuine Hawaiian lava???
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@Onastone said:
@TurboSnail said:
Speaking of gimmick, I am a big fan of Roman Booteen
Yes I remember seeing this Dental coin before. Definitely one of the top 10 in this gimmick category!!!!!! How many of them exist? And the new one is pretty amazing! Now if he only used pink gold under those butterflies.....Only one was made and sold over $10,000. Most of his other artworks were sold around $1500 or less from his ebay account.
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how about the kind that comes in a capsule you put it in the Tub and it grows to a full Kilo and you can mount it to the wall. Soap scented candle and bath salts included
Best place to buy !
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Something about a wedding somewhere...
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@PerryHall said:
@gonzer said:
With so many crappy coin designs out there I think I'll pass on 'scratch & sniff'.What about a scratch & sniff first spouse series?
Don't need to be scratchin on any of those. Just look at them from across a room and you can see they all stink !
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A few years ago Canada had a $3 Square Gold Plated Silver Beaver Coin. I think I got 3 of those. Haven't thought about those in forever. And I certainly haven't looked at them since I bought them.
Like buying Lottery Tickets - those gimmick Coins.
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Funny !!!
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How about a cube coin? Each side rolls a different value!!
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@Onastone said:
What's the newest gimmick in coins? Canada has just released for the "first time" a $50 3 oz Maple Leaf, incuse and reverse proof all at the same time with edge lettering to boot! The latest gimmick just being released at the post office is......drum roll please..........get ready for..........
Scratch & Sniff Stamps!!! OMG that's crazy, but true. They have pics of popsicles on them. So, perhaps our government will come out with the new Scratch & Sniff Coin???? It grades less and less with each scratch!!!! This stuff is too good to be made up.So, what would be a new gimmick for coins? Any wild ideas? We've already done curved, cut out shapes, colorized, bottle caps, square, with holes, enhanced, reversed, incused, high relief, gold layered........what have we not thought of?????
Gold or silver?
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Pink or Burnished?
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@coinpro76 said:
The "prestigious" Royal Canadian Mint has done it again! The Peak Echelon of Gimmick coins... The Carousel coin sold out immediately, modern coin buying is a gimmick magicians market gentlemen... :'(Good luck getting that into a PCGS slab!
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@FullStrike said:
A few years ago Canada had a $3 Square Gold Plated Silver Beaver Coin. I think I got 3 of those. Haven't thought about those in forever. And I certainly haven't looked at them since I bought them.Like buying Lottery Tickets - those gimmick Coins.
Yes, those puppies went from $300 down to about $35 recently. Worst lottery ever...
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