September 28, 2004
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Lately, there has been quite a bit of advertising for a ‘World Trade Center Commemorative Dollar.’ The way the ad is worded makes a potential buyer think that the coin is legal tender. It isn’t!
The ad states that it is a government authorized issue. Not the US Government, that’s for sure! The US Mint is the only authorized striker of US coinage & it isn’t their material. I took a brief look at the National Collectors Mint website, who are selling this coin. I clicked on the ‘About Us’ link, which only gave me ‘testimonials’ of past purchasers of their products. Just who are they anyway?
Who’s capitalizing on the horror of that day? I can state who I think it is, but I’d just piss off a bunch of people.
I had run a search for the seller, which also turned up the website for the online newspaper for the teritory who’s supposedly minting this coin. Their article about it leads me to believe that it ISN’T coming from them at all! http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=40282
Silver extracted from a bank vault under the World Trade Center, as per their ad? I think NOT! They’d play hell getting anything that valuable from Ground Zero. There’s alot of bureaucratic red-tape involved with ANYTHING removed from that site!
Caveat emptor… BUYER BEWARE!
As per the US Mint’s website: http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/index.cfm?action=consumer
“Does a “certificate of authenticity” ensure that the product that I have purchased is a genuine U.S. coin?
No. Some businesses that manufacture and sell coin replicas of U.S. coinage create their own “certificates of authenticity” with their replica products. Thus, consumers wishing to purchase genuine U.S. coins will need to look very carefully at the Certificate of Authenticity accompanying the product. A United States Mint Certificate of Authenticity bears the signature of the current or former Director of the United States Mint and contains an image of the official U.S. Government seal and/or the United States Mint seal. If you are still unsure, you should contact a reputable coin dealer or coin grading service before you purchase the product.”
Incidentally, the last I heard, they STILL haven’t selected the replacement buildings architecture Every time they think they have a ‘winner,’ the public of NYC shoots it down. Most feel it should remain barren, except for a simple memorial, as a park. Nothing can ever replace WTCs 1,2 & 7.
Comments (2)
seems like everyone and anyone wants to benefit from a tragedy … even at the expense and pain of others … shame on them … have a good tuesday … laterz!
It won’t be the survivors or families of victims of the attacks either… who actually deserve the profits.