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Ballistic Rolls of Pres. Dollars.

barbershopperbarbershopper Posts: 1,201
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Does anyone know of anybody who has fallen for this tripe?
I think I'll puke if I see one more full page advertising FREE COINS in BALLISTIC ROLLS!
There's another full page ad in the Peoria Journal Star today.
These also show up in Parade magazine.
Enough already!
Barbershopper
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I collect all 20th century series except gold including those series that ended there.

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    AngryTurtleAngryTurtle Posts: 1,610 ✭✭✭
    I agree with everything said, but the thing I wonder is what the heck is a ballistic roll of coins?imageimage
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    FishyOneFishyOne Posts: 376
    Hey - I used to live in Peoria and still read the Journal-Star online. The ads are not on their website and it's a good thing or I might go ballistic!

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    blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,968 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What do they mean by ballistic? You get ripped off so bad you go ballistic?
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    GritsManGritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭

    I've seen these and they really are outrageous. A true test of marketing versus stupidity.
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,503 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I agree with everything said, but the thing I wonder is what the heck is a ballistic roll of coins?imageimage >>



    These are 50 coin rolls offered by World Reserve for a $124 release fee. image

    Informative Link.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
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    coolestcoolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    "...a whopping 425 grams of coins.."

    That is funny!
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    MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife bought me one for Father's Day a last year. image
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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Watch what you say about them...they're litigous...
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They are rip-off artists... crooks... shysters... feeding off the naivette' of the uninformed. Cheers, RickO
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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,065 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>They are rip-off artists... crooks... shysters... feeding off the naivette' of the uninformed. Cheers, RickO >>



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    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
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    MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,258 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>They are rip-off artists... crooks... shysters... feeding off the naivette' of the uninformed. Cheers, RickO >>



    Like my wife. image - She ordered them straight out of a magazine add.
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    wikyvawikyva Posts: 478
    Wow! They are free (for $124.00) and they give you another free coin! This might be too good to be true! I think I am going ballistic!
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    GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
    They are rip-off artists... crooks... shysters... feeding off the naivette' of the uninformed. Cheers, RickO

    I couldn't agree more!!! Same company did this with the Minnesota statehood quarter recently. Same lies about how "rare" the MN statehood quarter is and that they are almost all gone! But you could get a roll for free, if you pay the $49.95 shipping cost and associated fees. I brought the ad to our coin club meeting the next week and there were a few newer, older collectors thinking this was a deal. I tried nicely to tell them it was a rip-off, but I don't think they believed me.
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    SilverBaronSilverBaron Posts: 767 ✭
    They also have adds for "special" rolls of the Jefferson/Buffalo nickels.... 25 count rolls!!!

    Wish I could get one of the ballistic roll boxes!! [keep the coins]. image
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,503 ✭✭✭✭
    What the hell does this mean?

    "The U.S. Gov’t barely got started minting
    these new coins and by law were required to
    stop production forever. There will never be
    any more."

    Is this not a lie especially since the date in the pdf file mentions release of 2008 coins?
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
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    HickoryHickory Posts: 92
    They have those ads here in Mesa, AZ all the time. This Monday is was for $5 gold coins. I didn't read the ad that much, but it was another rip!
    “Twenty years from now you’ll regret more the things you didn’t do than those you did.” Mark Twain
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    cinman14cinman14 Posts: 2,489 ✭


    << <i>My wife bought me one for Father's Day a last year. image
    image >>



    What was her Mothers day gift....image
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    sanitarium1inmatesanitarium1inmate Posts: 1,078 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>My wife bought me one for Father's Day a last year. image
    image >>



    What was her Mothers day gift....image >>



    He got her the CSI Ballistics gel kit.
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    ResRes Posts: 1,086
    I like (and by like, I mean dislike) how they give the weight of the coins as if they're precious metal. What a joke. How can they even state "FREE".
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    cinman14cinman14 Posts: 2,489 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>My wife bought me one for Father's Day a last year. image
    image >>



    What was her Mothers day gift....image >>



    He got her the CSI Ballistics gel kit. >>



    imageimage
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    BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Well, as long as people trust advertisers and don't do their own research I can't blame them for trying to make a profit.

    That said, it's still sick.
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    ben makes a good point..............image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,030 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What the hell does this mean?

    "The U.S. Gov’t barely got started minting
    these new coins and by law were required to
    stop production forever. There will never be
    any more."

    Is this not a lie especially since the date in the pdf file mentions release of 2008 coins? >>



    The production of each president stops forever after three months worth of production.

    All of their wording is very carefully chosen. By making a non-standard roll of 50 and calling it a "ballistic roll" they can then truthfully say in their ads that these rolls are not available anywhere else. Same with the 25-count rolls of nickels.

    TD
    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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