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Bumping this thread...
The new release of a Zombuck is out at Provident. It is called a Morgue Anne dollar... just in case anyone is looking to get the next coin in the series - also can catch the last day of $5 shipping.
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When the original Zombucks round was released, something way, way back in my memory started twitching, but I just couldn't get a grip on what it was. Since
then, I've been trying to figure out what somehow seemed vaguely familiar about the Zombucks round. No luck until the Morgue Anne round was released.
When the Morgue Anne was unveiled, the silly play-on-words name snapped it all into focus in a split second.
This whole thing---all these new rounds with the fat, nasty pigs wearing top hats and smoking cigars (who we're apparently supposed to see as bank workers),
the skeletonized images of Queen Elizabeth, Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty and now the skeletonized zombie craze---all this silliness is the present version of
"The Garbage Pail Kids" from 30 years ago.
The Garbage Pail Kids trading cards were a celebration of mucous, boggers, vomit, acne, diseases and everything else that little kids could use to irk mommy
and daddy. I think our whole new world of nasty pig rounds, skeletonized everything rounds and zombie rounds is just the GPK mentality translated over into
silver rounds. And--the timing is just about right. The 5 to 10 year old kids from then are now 35 to 40 and that old "Everybody look at me--I'm such a rebel"
attitude is still there, except it's manifesting itself in buying silver rounds instead of bubble gum trading cards these days.
Wow! Talk about "Deja vu all over again!" I think I'm having flashbacks!
Closing thought --- With silver spot doing what it's been doing for the last year, I really wonder if GPK trading cards might actually be the better investment...
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lol, loved Garbage Pail Kids. Still have a stack of them around here somewhere.
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10/03/2013 10:22 pm
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L4L--- Dig 'em out! They may be worth more per ounce than silver rounds right now.
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I collected Garbage Pail Kids and was on the hunt for all Series provided. I begged my mom to take me to the local shops to pick up these packs and open them up, putting them in albums or trading @ school. To this day Adam Bomb is still my favorite lol.
In terms of these Zombie specimens, I think they are pretty cool.
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10/03/2013 11:57 pm
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The quality is quite questionable.
On a side note: I'm really tired of "copper bullion". Since when do people sell copper by the troy ounce? If you're going to make something "artistic" why not try pewter?
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"The quality is quite questionable."
Interesting comment...I have the coin in my hand and it looks quite nice. I'd dispute your claim to questionable quality - but then again this is a bullion piece anyway and it isn't meant to be a proof coin.
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Hasn't there also previously been gimmicks for "barter coins". For the independent nation, and some other nihilist group produced some type of false currency? I personally think these are cool but maybe would be cooler if it didn't say currency of the apocalypse...
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"The quality is quite questionable" - Libertad
I am also going to dispute that statement. These coins are BULLION. NOT proof coins, not perfect ms70 coins. They are not meant to be the greatest quality coins. Bullion is bullion. 1 ounce of bullion in perfect ms70 grade is going to be valued the same as a coin of lesser eye appeal/dings and or scratches. Sorry but whats the point of buying a bullion coin and then complaining about it? It can be sent to me with crap on it for all I care. Bullion is bullion.
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seems like a great idea, and it looks like 90% of the collectors are behind it. I'm not buying any only because I'm saving money for a Disney trip, but other wise I would collect this set...... :)
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Mullen---The fact that bullion is bullion is obvious. So is the fact that bullion coins aren't proof or MS70 coins. You got both of those things right.
However, those facts don't prohibit bullion buyers from having any standards or expectations whatsoever when it comes to new bullion coins. If you choose to have no standards
or expectations, that's your choice but you so choosing doesn't mandate that everybody else has to be without standards or expectations because that's how you think.
Almost all of us are very accepting and understanding when it comes to limited and understandable flaws in bullion coins, but a lot of us also feel that horrendous rim dings and
surface scratches that look like they were caused by artillery fire just aren't acceptable.
Anybody who wants to can buy circulated secondary silver bullion at a LCS for +/-$2 >spot. When it comes to paying $3 or more >spot (plus shipping) for mint-fresh new bullion,
prudent buyers start to have some expectations and bullion coins/rounds that look like they've been through a war (on the losing side) sometimes just don't make the grade.
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I bought one of each.
The walking dead coin came back looking like it was struck with a very worn die.
The morgue anne coin came back in good shape.
Both have very weak rims
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1 ounce of bullion in perfect ms70 grade is going to be valued the same as a coin of lesser eye appeal/dings and or scratches. The market disagrees with that as the graded 70s do have a premium but I get what you were saying. Quote:
but a lot of us also feel that horrendous rim dings and
surface scratches that look like they were caused by artillery fire just aren't acceptable.  If you want to sell it for spot you can scrub your driveway with it if you want, but if youre charging a premium my standards go up. The higher the premium the better quality I expect as well |
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