Greatest pickup from Baltimore

ScarsdaleCoin · June 23, 2018 9:54AM

Yes indeed a certified bottlecap graded MS69

NVU · June 23, 2018 9:58AM

That is a cool one! Love that coca cola

MrEureka · June 23, 2018 10:03AM

Those are obverse and reverse shots of the same coin.

NVU · June 23, 2018 10:13AM

That what the label on the slab indicated

ACop · June 23, 2018 10:18AM

Are they functional? Can they seal a bottle?

COINS MAKE CENTS · June 23, 2018 10:24AM

That's pretty neat!

dbldie55 · June 23, 2018 11:10AM

I have a couple raw ones. The certified are too much for what you are getting (at least the ones I have seen for sale.

RogerB · June 23, 2018 11:54AM

Did you get a real "Coke" with the phony cap?

BillJones · June 23, 2018 1:11PM

That's a new one me. Nice find.

coinsarefun · June 23, 2018 2:10PM

That is neat pickup. And these are pretty cool. I need to buy one raw, or wait for awhile and buy it graded.
One thing I do not understand that PCGS will grade these but not Daniel Carr’s stuff or other various tokens
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Jimnight · June 23, 2018 2:16PM

That is nice!!

Insider2 · June 23, 2018 2:31PM

@ScarsdaleCoin said:
Yes indeed a certified bottlecap graded MS69

At least it's a coin. One second-tier TPGS got blasted for slabbing cardboard milk bottle caps!

Weiss · June 23, 2018 2:32PM

Had to get one. The Coke-red slab in gnarly!

Thunderproof · June 23, 2018 2:33PM

@coinsarefun said:
That is neat pickup. And these are pretty cool. I need to buy one raw, or wait for awhile and buy it graded.
One thing I do not understand that PCGS will grade these but not Daniel Carr’s stuff or other various tokens
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The bottle cap is an official coin created by a government with monetary value. It is not a "fantasy" piece.

DIMEMAN · June 23, 2018 2:35PM

Not for me.

savitale · June 23, 2018 7:08PM

A bit weird, but kinda cool at the same time. I get the feeling other mints outside the US are trying harder to be creative.

Paradisefound · June 23, 2018 7:38PM

Oh my my..... @ScarsdaleCoin...didn't realize collectibles go this far Fun pick ups!

ricko · June 24, 2018 5:49AM

I saw this one either here or another forum before when they first came out... Not something I would buy, but certainly unique.....Cheers, RickO

GRANDAM · June 24, 2018 10:16AM

I bought a PR70 UC for $87.30 here.
https://www.moderncoinmart.com/_search.php?page=1&q=COCA+COLA&x=0&y=0&objects_per_page=0&terms=COCA+COLA&filter_set=1

cameonut2011 · June 24, 2018 10:30AM

@coinsarefun said:
One thing I do not understand that PCGS will grade these but not Daniel Carr’s stuff or other various tokens
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1) PCGS does not, to my knowledge, grade significantly altered/deformed coins.
2) This appears to be a genuine coin as struck by a government mint and not a private emulation.

cameonut2011 · June 24, 2018 10:31AM

Very cool!

GRANDAM · June 24, 2018 10:33AM

This piece is struck by the FIJI Mint and is a legal tender coin but I doubt any circulate at the seling price.

FIJI strikes all kind of weird items. Didn't they strike the guitar coins a few years back?

Veep · June 24, 2018 10:34AM

I might have “popped” for that too

coinsarefun · June 24, 2018 10:52AM

@Thunderproof and @cameonut2011. I made the statement as a desire as I do know that this was minted by a private company( I forget who) for Fiji. Just like some people do not consider the ASE's a coin, rather they feel it is "bullion"
Also, I din't mean specifically this coin either rather several other tokens that are true tokens that NGC recognizes but Pcgs does not. Lastly, I have seen trade dollars that have been obliterated from chop marks make it into slabs, some however genuine but non the less slabbed.

cameonut2011 · June 24, 2018 10:59AM

@coinsarefun said:
Lastly, I have seen trade dollars that have been obliterated from chop marks make it into slabs, some however genuine but non the less slabbed.

The word "genuine" does not belong on a holder with one of his pieces. Can you imagine the potential confusion of having his stuff in a "genuine" holder? I think PCGS would start encapsulating his stuff if they started slabbing added mint mark 1916-d dimes, 1909-s vdb/1914-d cents, electrotypes, Omega gold, Henning nickels, etc.

coinsarefun · June 24, 2018 12:20PM

@cameonut2011 I do not want to hi jack the op thread so let’s no debate what I say. I was not referring to the coke coin I was referring to chopped trade dollars.