Talk:National Collector's Mint

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[edit] New 9/11 Exploitation Coin

They've got a new one, and it sets the old one to shame in way of tackiness and disgusting exploitation.

http://www.nationalcollectorsmint.com/category_landing.jsp?path=-1&id=4688&promotion=web-wtc&ext=y

A pop-up coin. Put the towers up and knock 'em back down. Real classy.

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That ad has all the BS of their ads prior to Eliot Spitzer's clampdown on them only now they're no longer claiming it to be legal tender of any sort. I think that more than anything is what drove Spitzer to make an example out of them and shut them down. Their site was down for months and I think they've discontinued or modified the most ecgregious advertising of product lines, like the Puerto Rico "51st State" Quarter(!), now they're "tributes". Also they've stopped giving the precious metal content in the obscure measurement of "mils" as they used to and now just admit there's only 12 mg each of actual gold and silver on that lame, exploitative proof (that's only 1/2600th of a troy ounce, just in case you're wondering, basically electroplated!).

As they are now, they're just a horribly overpriced rip-off shop trying to cash in on every memorial and sentimental thing going.