So hows ur Big Mac coin(s) doin'?
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I still have only 1 and noticed that the fanfare around here has seriously died. I also see that prices are coming down quite a bit. Maybe a good time to pick up the rest of the coins needed.
So has PCGS graded any of these?
Later, Paul.
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Back in 1999 I got a gold Yoda Mountain Dew can In a 12-pack box worth $20 if you sent the empty can in to Pepsi. I checked on eBay and they were going for about $55. I decided to save it instead of selling it, thinking it would be worth more and more as the years went by.
It now fetches about $3 if you can find a bidder.
Strike while the iron is hot!
Go for a full set. They are really done well.
I thought a similar thing about Cheerios dollars. ....said there's no way I'm paying $55.00 for one on ebay.
One of 'best' decisions I ever made, since I usually hoard multiples.
Take your profit now. In 10 years they are likely to be in the bargain bin with the other cheap bronze medals.
I bought them and put them up win some lose some. I think I spent $400 on a bunch big deal I've lost more on other stuff and have nothing to show for it, I just Let it ride.
Hoard the keys.
I still have my set plus one extra. I anticipated, as we all did, the prices will go down but didn't think the prices, at their peak, were worth selling as I only have the one set and think it is nice to have.
I did not get any of the Big Mac coins...and interest has certainly waned....soon they will be really cheap on ebay. I will not get any then either....
Cheers, RickO
If you put an actual big mac and a big mac coin on your water heater, which will get the better toning?
Billy Beer was the truly enduring fad.
Oh, and Marian Anderson golds.
I had a full set from day 1 and then three extras the following week. I redeemed my pocket piece.
The other two my friend sold on ebay for me. They brought $22 I believe.
I just have the original set now and I'm keeping that.
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We slabbed less than fifteen. I totally forgot they exist until the OP's post. LOL.
I've eaten so many Big Macs that the manager at the McD;s asked me to quit asking about them.
Later, Paul.
Never even seen one in real life.
maybe its time to start looking to finish a set and be done with it. fwiw
+1
I have my set, had fun getting it, and will keep it. No regrets.
I will send you one if you want one. NC just DM me the address
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At least it's worth the value of a big mac until December 31. After that, who knows.
I still have one !!!
My set of 5 McCoins are doing just fine, thanks to Pf and Mango. Thank you very much. Peace Roy
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The really valuable Big Mac Coins were the secret ones made from Palladium.
Got all but the 1988-1998.
Funny you should ask. Lately I've been considering flipping most of my 16 for Big Macs before they're TOTALLY worthless. I never did get any #4's ( 98 - 08 ). Maybe I'll find a couple of those and keep a few complete Sets?
I have a set. I am out $50.
I will survive financially.
As Charlie Winning Sheen said “I pay em to leave”
The elusive one seems to be 98 - 08 the one I ended up with.
You may have mine to complete at least a set.
I may be odd...............but I have never eaten a Big Mac
Or a Quarter Pounder.
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That's un-American! Please get yourself one of both ASAP!
Later, Paul.
Wow is it possible? An almost forgotten quest coming to an end? I'd be honored to receive a #4 Big Mac Token from you, Miss Paradise. And to express my appreciation I'd like to send you a very limited and scarce token I have. I won't tell you what it is but I'll give you a hint - its a representation of a proposed Coin Design that wasn't accepted .The PC Police took it away before too many saw it. I have multiples, so you won't be taking my only one.
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The destiny to this #4 and Thank you for your kind gesture
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When do they expire? Dec. 31?
They expire on Dec 31'st. Turns out that the actual Big Mac will have a longer shelf life than the token!
Few realize that the current tokens were struck on 50-year old prototype Big Macs that were discovered in the underground vault of company founder Ray Kroc's home. At the time, the sandwich was a copy of Hot Shoppes' "Mighty Mo" burger and McDonalds had planned to name it the "Mighty Mac" to swipe some name recognition from Hot Shoppes. But J W Marriott objected and threatened to sue for "all the special sauce in your pants and drown you in root beer floats" if McDonald's didn't change the name. Several thousand boxes and burgers had already been made, so Kroc renamed it "Big Mac" and had the burgers put in his basement vault next to his bags of silver dollars bought from some guy named Redfield --- and "the rest is history" or maybe a footnote to an endnote.
Ditto
them things still go right through me