Friday, July 11, 2008
Annals of numismatics: The worst novelty medal in the history of the universe
As an actual collector of modestly rare coins, I turn up my nose at the manufactured scam "collectibles" minted by obscure foreign countries under contract to mail order promotors who advertise on late night cable. Most of these medals ("legal tender" in the Republic of Oompa-Loompa!) are merely kitschy. This one -- commemorating September 11 -- is decisively worst than tasteless. Watch the video at the link, which is running as a television ad, and you will know in your soul that this is the worst novelty medal in the history of the universe.
6 Comments:
By 
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Fri Jul 11, 10:48:00 PM:
I heard an advert for the 9/11 commemorate and about gagged. I thought ... how tasteless.
There's a lot of people in this country. Who knows how many buy this kind of crap, but it must be enough to justify the production and advertising.
By 
Grumpy Old Man, at
Sat Jul 12, 12:21:00 AM:
Designed by the Mossad, of course.
By TigerHawk, at
Sat Jul 12, 07:06:00 AM:
By Purple Avenger, at
Sat Jul 12, 12:56:00 PM:
Silver leaf? Sounds like about $.25 worth of silver, maybe less. At maybe a mil or so, there probably not even a gram of silver there.
By , at
Sat Jul 12, 01:16:00 PM:
OMG! I just bought 500 of those things as an investment.
By PatD, at
Sun Jul 13, 09:59:00 PM:
Obviously designed for the Middle East market.
