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Someone should look into these guys. I'm sure coin dealers will see these showing up eventually. $29 for 1 oz of ".9999% Pure".. yeah right! They did manage to find my MSN feed. I get these ads continually.

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    Not happening, run

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    RedRocketRedRocket ✭✭✭✭✭

    You can't cheat an honest man.

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    That’s an old scam. “.9999% gold” is LITERALLY less than 1% gold.

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    MFeldMFeld ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    That saying is bologna. Plenty of honest men and women have been cheated/scammed. A deal that’s “too good to be true” isn’t necessarily required in order for the cheater/scammer to succeed.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

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    RedRocketRedRocket ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    That saying is bologna. Plenty of honest men and women have been cheated/scammed. A deal that’s “too good to be true” isn’t necessarily required in order for the cheater/scammer to succeed.

    Good point.
    Upon reflection, I stand corrected (and a bit humbled).

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    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    to quote PT Barnum : a sucker is born every minute

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MorganFanatic said:

    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    to quote PT Barnum : a sucker is born every minute

    Actually, he never said that.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

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    @rooksmith said:
    Someone should look into these guys. I'm sure coin dealers will see these showing up eventually. $29 for 1 oz of ".9999% Pure".. yeah right! They did manage to find my MSN feed. I get these ads continually.

    China fake seller or Fake silver

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    It probably weighs 1 full oz
    But only a 1/10th of that is pure silver haha

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    RedRocketRedRocket ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @MorganFanatic said:

    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    to quote PT Barnum : a sucker is born every minute

    Actually, he never said that.

    Yep.
    It originated with "Star Trek the Next Geneneration"

    "Origin of “There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute” in Star Trek: The Next Generation
    In Star Trek: The Next Generation, the line “There’s a sucker born every minute” is spoken by Captain Jean-Luc Picard. This is part of the show’s fictionalized history whereas the captain goes back in time and is accredited as the originator."

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    was this on instagram?

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    rooksmithrooksmith ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 25, 2026 3:05PM

    @goldfinder said:
    was this on instagram?

    Were you referring to the "Memoir-coin" ad? Its a web-site advertising on MSN. There usually is one coin company, Money Metals usually in their ad feed to me (go figure). I clicked the click-bait ad because I immediately thought it was too good to be true. Red Flags all over the place. You can find their web site. it was memoir-coin.com Its a pretty elaborate website. More than just the $25/oz silver coins, its the PCGS holders :
    ![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/vp/6gtgtus9nkw4.png ""

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