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SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,544 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited September 4, 2025 5:42PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Just saw this out on the road...

Toned Franklins

U.S. Type Set

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,373 ✭✭✭✭✭

    they finally got it on there without it blocking anything

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  • pointfivezeropointfivezero Posts: 1,922 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I see a little rub on the reverse. Surprised JA gold beaned it. Must be that Marin bias….

    Tim

  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I keep reading this thread as @golden got beaned!

    Is it just me?

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's the probability that it is coin-related? Unless someone has inside knowledge on this, I'd say 1% or less.

  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pointfivezero said:
    I see a little rub on the reverse. Surprised JA gold beaned it. Must be that Marin bias….

    Tim

    But check out that totally original and untouched patina on the back window

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  • hummingbird_coinshummingbird_coins Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @marcmoish said:
    I keep reading this thread as @golden got beaned!

    Is it just me?

    Oh no, is he okay?

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  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 5, 2025 11:03AM

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  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @hummingbird_coins said:

    @marcmoish said:
    I keep reading this thread as @golden got beaned!

    Is it just me?

    Oh no, is he okay?

    I believe so, I meant that in jest :D

  • CoinobsessedCoinobsessed Posts: 115 ✭✭✭

    Is that the first version of the license plate ever issued?😊

  • chesterbchesterb Posts: 970 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pop 1:0

  • HillbillyCollectorHillbillyCollector Posts: 707 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks overly dipped to me!😉

  • goldengolden Posts: 10,047 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That would not be my car. Back in the day, I bought a brand new 1974 Mercedes. It was a big piece of junk! It spent about as much time in the dealer's garage as it did in mine. After about 22 months I traded it in on a 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo. It was a million times better. The Chevy was the best car that I ever owned.

  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @golden said:
    That would not be my car. Back in the day, I bought a brand new 1974 Mercedes. It was a big piece of junk! It spent about as much time in the dealer's garage as it did in mine. After about 22 months I traded it in on a 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo. It was a million times better. The Chevy was the best car that I ever owned.

    Luxury cars are overrated. I drive a 1997 Ford pickup. Bought it from my friend with 140,000 miles. Now have over 380,000. #Fordstrong!

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  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 4,689 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:
    It probably stands for something else. If he’s a coin guy, it’s pretty dumb. As a collector, it’s best if you keep a low profile. Years ago I saw an old guy wearing a tie clip which read, “I collect coins.” That’s like the Haunted House Disney ride where they invite a ghost to follow you home.

    But what does the average person think when they hear of coin collecting? Wheat cents and Kennedy halves?

    I understand the rationale, but people also wonder why the hobby faces difficulties with growth at times. No one wants to talk about them. Firearms, golf, watches, car shows, I don’t think the average coin collector would be any more lucrative of a target than members of these groups. Any house in an upper class neighborhood has just as much likelihood to have some type of portable valuables, and imo the average boat owner is as likely to own some gold as the average coin collector.

    I do acknowledge that for a single person, is probably advantageous to act with discretion, especially in jurisdictions that don’t enable self defense. Otherwise all I would say is that we can’t ask ourselves why it’s so difficult to engage newcomers when the rulebook of collecting is akin to that of Fight Club. Rare coins are a poor item for a thief imo, one could be convicted with 100k in restitution for $60 worth of silver. Gold bullion is a different story.

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  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pcgsregistrycollector said:

    @golden said:
    That would not be my car. Back in the day, I bought a brand new 1974 Mercedes. It was a big piece of junk! It spent about as much time in the dealer's garage as it did in mine. After about 22 months I traded it in on a 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo. It was a million times better. The Chevy was the best car that I ever owned.

    Luxury cars are overrated. I drive a 1997 Ford pickup. Bought it from my friend with 140,000 miles. Now have over 380,000. #Fordstrong!

    Proud follower of Christ!

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,913 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PeakRarities said:

    @BillJones said:
    It probably stands for something else. If he’s a coin guy, it’s pretty dumb. As a collector, it’s best if you keep a low profile. Years ago I saw an old guy wearing a tie clip which read, “I collect coins.” That’s like the Haunted House Disney ride where they invite a ghost to follow you home.

    But what does the average person think when they hear of coin collecting? Wheat cents and Kennedy halves?

    I understand the rationale, but people also wonder why the hobby faces difficulties with growth at times. No one wants to talk about them. Firearms, golf, watches, car shows, I don’t think the average coin collector would be any more lucrative of a target than members of these groups. Any house in an upper class neighborhood has just as much likelihood to have some type of portable valuables, and imo the average boat owner is as likely to own some gold as the average coin collector.

    I do acknowledge that for a single person, is probably advantageous to act with discretion, especially in jurisdictions that don’t enable self defense. Otherwise all I would say is that we can’t ask ourselves why it’s so difficult to engage newcomers when the rulebook of collecting is akin to that of Fight Club. Rare coins are a poor item for a thief imo, one could be convicted with 100k in restitution for $60 worth of silver. Gold bullion is a different story.

    If someone thinks enough of the hobby to put “CAC” on the license plate, they have something more than “Wheat cents and Kennedy halves.”

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  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 4,689 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:

    @PeakRarities said:

    @BillJones said:
    It probably stands for something else. If he’s a coin guy, it’s pretty dumb. As a collector, it’s best if you keep a low profile. Years ago I saw an old guy wearing a tie clip which read, “I collect coins.” That’s like the Haunted House Disney ride where they invite a ghost to follow you home.

    But what does the average person think when they hear of coin collecting? Wheat cents and Kennedy halves?

    I understand the rationale, but people also wonder why the hobby faces difficulties with growth at times. No one wants to talk about them. Firearms, golf, watches, car shows, I don’t think the average coin collector would be any more lucrative of a target than members of these groups. Any house in an upper class neighborhood has just as much likelihood to have some type of portable valuables, and imo the average boat owner is as likely to own some gold as the average coin collector.

    I do acknowledge that for a single person, is probably advantageous to act with discretion, especially in jurisdictions that don’t enable self defense. Otherwise all I would say is that we can’t ask ourselves why it’s so difficult to engage newcomers when the rulebook of collecting is akin to that of Fight Club. Rare coins are a poor item for a thief imo, one could be convicted with 100k in restitution for $60 worth of silver. Gold bullion is a different story.

    If someone thinks enough of the hobby to put “CAC” on the license plate, they have something more than “Wheat cents and Kennedy halves.”

    I'm not disputing that, but how many would-be burglars would understand the implication?

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  • DisneyFanDisneyFan Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MEJ7070 said:
    I would’nt have thought it made sense economically to have a 3 series CAC’d……but to each their own.

    It's a Mercedes wagon, this version last made in 2009. E class wagons are rare in the USA and it's not unlikely the owner also likes rare coins. :)

  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is this one coin related?

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