Coin Trading Cards ?

:shakes head:

$10,000 for a poster, sign me up......wait ...sorry $9,999. What a deal.

I am at a loss for words.

"The U.S. Mint estimates there are now more than 100 million coin collectors

Anyone can do the math !

It seems to me it isn't about millions of kids it is all about money.

What just one penny a sale would generate.

10,000 Prize Cards worth up to $25,000, And if this isn't a come on ? 25,000 is just a pimple on a Tick.

Good point Bobby, the ANA should have been all over an idea like this years ago
As for the premise, yes it can be a bit hokey to us adults, but I think these are aimed at an adolescent audience. You know- the kids that were shelling out their allowance money for Pokemon cards a couple years ago and are now moving into sports cards. In the mid 80s, Garbage Pail Kids cards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_Pail_Kids) were all the rage and that is about as goofy as you can get. If Topps can sell millions of those things, what can Upper Deck do with coin cards?

So this thread isn't about a $10,000 poster?

I think anything that will get the younger generation interested in collecting coins is a good idea. I do not think though, that kids who are not already interested in the hobby will spend their limited funds on coin cards. Most kids who buy trading cards buy them because they are already into the subject matter. When I was a kid I bought baseball and hockey cards, but stayed away from football and basketball cards. I bought Beatle, Monkees, and Planet of the Ape cards also, but only because they were things that I liked. The coin cards will be good for the YN to help keep him or her interested in the hobby.

I would think then that they are more speculator than collector. If they are Upper Deck collectors, then they would buy the coin cards only for the UD name and not because they had any interest in coins.

Maybe it's just me, but since the early 90's when trading cards went crazy with people trying to make a quick buck with the over inflated prices of cards, I only see trading cards as something people look at in terms of investment. Gone are the days when kids actually traded trading cards, or won them through a heated game of Tops or Closies. It was always fun taking all your extras in the middle of the playground then yelling "Scrambles" before tossing them high in the air and watching everybody running to pick up the free cards. Now kids are told to be careful and not touch the cards, or bend the cards and stow them away in secure dust free plastic pages.