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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In a better world, the person responsible for creating this garbage would get all the phone calls, emails, and be forced to buy up all the $2500 bicentennial quarters being offered on ebay. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18672 Posts |
That article popped up in my Google news feed this morning. What utter rubbish!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1362 Posts |
These are the type of articles that I disdain the most, and are the reason that most new members to this website start off with "I found a RARE coin in my change today & how much is it worth?". The rest of newbies have found "amazing error coins".
I am SO GRATEFUL for the 10% who have actually read a real book about coins and the hobby before they join the C.C.forum.
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Moderator
Australia
16335 Posts |
If a "rare and exceptionally valuable" version of the bicentennial quarter did actually exist, this "listicle" (which I would assume is a AI's attempt at wittily creating a new word, combining "listing" and "article") would not help you find it. Since the opening picture is full of nonsense AI-generated pseudo-coins, one would have no actual guidance as to what to look for.
Hey Mister A.I.: an actually helpful listicle would contain a side-by-side picture, showing both the normal "familiar presence" quarter, and the super-special billionaire's quarter, and highlighting the differences.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3260 Posts |
Everyone wants to be a special snowflake when they start out on something new.
It's like weight loss dieting. Why should I bother with the science? I KNOW I have a slow metabolism! After losing 20 lbs I checked my metabolic rate and found that it was exactly what was used in the models for my weight, age and height. In the same way, I thought that the first Potosi 8R cob I found was really special, but after 20 years of collecting cobs I realize that it is really typical.
At least it was a cob and not a bicentennial quarter....
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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01/28/2024 5:33 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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And .. here's my Google News feed, wow shame on Google, it doesn't even say 'Ad', it says 'Opinion'. I clicked into it and it tempts with awesome riches and all the glory that comes with it, if you will just click one more time into the actual ad .. I shut it down, figure one more click and I'd have to burn the whole phone.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4380 Posts |
It's all a plot to get you to pay for real news.
Remember how everyone has been crying about the death of the news business, but equally, nobody was willing to pay for it?
Now that you have seen the future of AI-generated trash, $5 a month for a couple of real news services doesn't seem so bad now, does it?
-----Burton 50 year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, OnLine Coin Club Owned by four cats and a wife of 40 years (joined 1983) |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Artificial yes, Intelligence no.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3260 Posts |
From cleveland.com, "But check your pockets. If you have the right one it could be worth thousands of dollars. One topped $19,000 at auction, and at least seven others have sold for more than $1,000." There is a real bicentennial quarter frenzy, but it's a far cry from $100 million coins. The 1976-S that sold for $19,000 is a 40% silver MS69 - not a coin that spent time in anyone's pocket. Since 5 million of these were struck it's hardly a rarity, even at MS68. Looking over ebay listings the 40% silver regular issue 1976-S quarters start at $19 in a MS66 NGC slab. https://www.ebay.com/itm/196181509445?LH_BIN=1A couple dealers bundle the slabs and sell at 4 for $80-100. So far as I can tell no one sells rolls of them. But there are a LOT of opportunists trying to sell 1976-s singles for $50-2500. For many there's no way to tell which of the variants they're selling. AI is fueling the shysters. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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01/30/2024 12:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
Some of those articles are at least partially legitimate - one did sell for $19200 and someone could have another MS69 laying around in original mint packaging or whatever. The other MS69s have sold in the $5-6k range and you're not going to be dreaming of your mansion and all your magnanimous philanthropy off of $5k. What sets this article apart is that everything about it is stupid. I suppose it's a test of how stupid and gullible people are.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4380 Posts |
I find a (small) silver lining in these large piles of steaming poo...
When my Google News feed offers me these stories from relatively random so-called "local" news sites, it gives me another re-publishing site to block.
-----Burton 50 year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, OnLine Coin Club Owned by four cats and a wife of 40 years (joined 1983) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18672 Posts |
A variant of that "news story" was on my feed this morning. Now there are dimes in addition to the "Ancient Bicentennial Quarter". No, I did not click on it.  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
AI needs to make up its mind. If you search for "eight rare dimes", the bicentennial is worth $70 million, or $72 million, or $52 million, or in your case, $22 million. Or $100 million, or "nearly $99 million." Lots of different auction results apparently.
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Valued Member
United States
88 Posts |
I enjoyed trying to pronounce the legend on the quarter: "N D RNNN." Mint director: "should we put Liberty on the top?" Frankenstein: "N D RNNN" Mint director: "how about United States of America?" Tonto: "N D RNNN" Mint director: "What about In God We Trust?" Tarzan: "N D RNNN!" Mint director: "OK, OK, you win!"  |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Amazing gobbledygook! And people are taken in by it! What next? I dare say a quantity will emerge from China (for example) at some point to be snapped up at "modest" four figure prices by the gullible, who will only realise they've been scammed when they try to sell them on...
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