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Update: since things have died down, I closed the contest--thanks for all these creative entries! I'm going to check my inventory of extras, and post the winners soon!  I just noticed I'm at 3000 posts--how did that happen?    It's time for another giveaway contest! If you're so inclined to participate, this will be a creative contest, where you'll consider the following scenario and come up with the most creative and humorous ending:: The Implausible Future Scenario:Pursuant to the Emergency Coinage Act of 2010, existing U.S. coinage is withdrawn and replaced with a new series pressed from recycled beer cans, dubbed "Money Lite". Older coins are promptly hoarded en masse, and in a highly-leveraged move, TPGs and investors corner 50% of hoarded coin, which are promptly slabbed and marketed as "cupro-nickel bullion". Predictably, copper/nickel spot prices crash, leaving a glut of untold millions of slabbed coins in warehouses, shops, and homes.
Then it dawns upon everyone—these circulated coins are essentially worth no more than face value, except for one annoying fact—they are encased in plastic that would cost more than the coin's actual worth to remove and return to circulation.
Given that scenario, what should be done with the untold mountains of slabbed coins filling warehouses, flea markets, cable shopping channels, and landfills?  The most funny/creative ending wins! You can vote for each other, and I'll be the "final judge". Have fun—there will be various prizes of Australian and Canada coins from about 1910 onward--details later!  Have fun with it! No real time limit--perhaps a week or two.  (and no--this thing is not the prize!)  Edited by KurtS
07/07/2008 3:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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3000 posts already! Wow! You "talk" alot! LOL I'll come back and post my idea(s) after I jumpstart my brain.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Creative Recycling! Plastic is a wonderful insulative material, and those dadnabbed slabs are the perfect size for a brick! Just pop one in place, use a little bit of gorilla glue, and viol ! Instant insulation. Here's the nifty part! It's got it's very own electrical space already inside! A fast tap of a drill, and you can use the almost worthless metal discs inside as part of your wiring for your new house. Tr‚s Chic!
These little beauties would make -great- rooftiles, too. Semi-translucent to let in the sunlight! Dime slabs would allow the most light, those half dollar ones would block a little more, perfect for the bedroom where you probably don't want a lot of light.
But wait, there's more! These slabs have so many other uses in housing construction! Use them as countertop surfaces. Lightswitch plates! Furniture levellers.
Order now and receive your first thousand plastic slab bricks for only $99.99! Includes shipping and handling.
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Australia
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Ok I'm not very creative, but I'll have ago. Well done on 3k Posts!
There's millions of these still around, so you have to think BIG. Maybe, another Noah's Ark? Melt all of the slabs with small coins in to make the middle, and top of the boat, but keep all the slabs with Bigger coins in to weight the bottom! This boat would be bigger than the titanic! Make it a cheap servicefrom the USA to Australia, that would put us on the map more!
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United States
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Edited by Jser
06/30/2008 10:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1000 Posts |
It dawned on the info-mercial conglomerate that they could be used to move heavy furniture on carpet. Just put one under each leg or corner and push. At $19.99 + tax and S&H a fortune will be made. That's only $5 a month on easy pay! |
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Congratulations, Kurt!  I have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that regardless of how worthless these things are, HSN will find a way to sell them; especially when they realize they are sitting on an equal number of unused CAC stickers to attach to them! |
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Valued Member
Brazil
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"Little did we know that there was a newly discovered species called lammina contraho. It is roughly translated as..."coin collectors"
These strange creatures will crawl out of their basement dwellings to obtain any small round metal piece regardless of it's worth.
We cautiously approached this peculiar species and once we learned their language (Numismatics), we offered to trade literally billions of slabbed coins for Silver!
Silver is the worlds second most precious commodity after crude oil. It's highly sought after and we began trading immediately.
Little is known of what became of the slabs but there are rumors of a secret organization that to this day still barters and trades amongst its population.
Access is highly restricted and it's security mirrors that of Area 51. We only know of them as CCF and nothing more." Congrats
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United States
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An eccentric millionaire coin collector decides that he wants to be included in the Genius Book of world records and comes up with a brilliant idea.  He coins the project "Slabs across America". He employees millions of people to create the worlds largest Domino rally from San Francisco to New York City using only slabbed coins. He refuses to purchase the PCGS slabs though, because they did not balance as good. This marked the first time in history a coin in a Basement slab would sell for more than PCGS. The Chinese quickly began counterfeiting modern cupro-nickel coins, putting them in BSS Slabs (Basement Slabbing Services). |
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These are great! |
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Valued Member
United States
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What's the one thing that there will never be more of?
Land...
So with millions and millions of slabs that are taking up space, CCF members decide to build their own chain of islands somewhere between Hawaii and Australia, and they called it the Isles of Numamania. It quickly became the new hot spot for travelers, honeymooners, and rich retired folks - surpassing Hawaii and Bora Bora.
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United States
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Quote:These are great!  I do not envy you, your task of picking the winners!  |
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I do not envy you, your task of picking the winners! It's harder work for the contest maker then the contest participant Good luck Keep em comin guys! |
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Canada
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The "Bicycle Explosion" was caused by a huge increase in the number of bicycling Americans after the price of gasoline began to skyrocket in 2008. One of the side effects is the huge demand (and shorts supply) for proper reflectors for all of these new bicycles, as mandated in most local regulations. Fortunately, numismatists from the past were kind enough to encase old coins in a plastic casing that is very sturdy and tamper-proof (for the most part.) These slabs have been affectionately called "bullion reflectors" and can be found at virtually everywhere for a fraction of the price of a standard bike reflector, and perform every bit as well, if not better. Legislators have put forth a bill recognizing the legitimacy of these "bullion reflectors" as proper safety equipment, and hope to stimulate the economy, which has suffered terrible inflation in recent years.
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I do not envy you, your task of picking the winners! LOL...there's a lot of great comments, so yeah--it could be tough, unless I just award everyone something. It's not like I'm giving away gold coins! |
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United States
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I have a response, but it involves innovations in proctology designed for certain ebay sellers, so I am afraid it will have to remain a story I keep with me. Thanks for the contest though, Kurt, your contributions are invaluable. Edited by halfabustisbetter
07/02/2008 4:17 pm
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