Who buys plates and coins with presidents' pictures on them? And what's up with full color coins?

[Hamlette]

I just saw a commercial for an Obama plate. I laughed out loud and this white family bragging about how they love the plate and now they OWN a piece of history!

STOP.

And full color coins? Isn't that new or have I not been paying attention?

Is it always like this after an election or is it worse this year?

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. Most of my coins have presidents' pictures on them.

Am I doing it wrong? :shrug:

[Hamlette]

8. I think the full color is new. Isn't it?

yeah, president's pictures are all over but not in full color.

Won't it rub off? Isn't that why our coins don't have pics on them?

[Happyhippychick]

2. I love the sales pitch: "With his kind eyes and disarming smile...."

It's worse this year. But since I support him, I'm happy about it.

[Clio the Leo]

17. Well, it's why we all voted for him right?

Health care reform, restoring our reputation to the world, post-partisan politics, those are all well and good but who cares..... he's DREAMY!!!!

[jenmito]

25. I think it's, "With his kind eyes and confident smile..."

And the small print always says they're not affiliated with the U.S. Mint. :D

[Berry Cool]

3. It's worse this year.

Everyone's trying to make a buck off of a historical election. The stuff is valuable only in the eyes of the purchaser.

[firedupdem]

4. Lots of people buy that crap. There is a market for it so thats why

you see all the commercials. I've been looking at coin commercials for raygun and 911 etc. for years.

I think what everybody finds so odd now is that there is a black guy on the coin. Seems kind of weird for some.

Even you found it weird that the white family would brag about loving the plate and owning a piece of history.

I don't think any of them are worth anything. The problem for me is some are duped into thinking they are buying something of value when actually its a trinket. All in all, so many are excited about PE Obama and want a piece of anything with his face on it.

[Hamlette]

12. it's like the little Mao statues, or pictures of Ataturk in every home in Turkey

or Lenin in Soviet homes.

Although the Ataturk would work for me if Obama turns out to be as good for America as he was for Turkey.

I'm just not the shrine type I guess.

[Clio the Leo]

14. We DEF. need more little statues...

.... and some air fresheners would be nice. Barack on one side, Joe on the other.

Cherry flavored.

[firedupdem]

16. LOL!! You are crazy! You actually just gave me an idea........

hmmmmm......

[Clio the Leo]

18. hmmmmmmm......... NT

[DJ13]

5. Who buys them?

The same people who collect spoons from various tourist traps.

[Clio the Leo]

10. Oh those are awesome too!!!

I think you have to have what I like to call a "Stuckeys Mentality." I dont know if it's a regional thing or what but there's nothing that beats a good old fashioned southern, mom and pop owned rest stop. You can get anything you want there ... pecan logs, ice cream, a t-shirt that reads "Southern by birth, hillbilly white trash by the grace of God" or something along those lines.

And there's all the Elvis crap ... toothpick holders, shot glasses, snowglobes. And NOW Elvis' face is being replaced by Barack's!

ITS FREAKIN AWESOME!!!! GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!! lol

[Clio the Leo]

6. Aw come on, it's cheesy awesomeness!!!

I'm ALL about the Obama swag ... I WILL get one of those coins .... not because I think it holds some investment value, but to replace my "lucky" gold dollar coin I've had in my wallet for years.

I look at it with the same eye I view sports log stuff .... that's all it is really. It's just that our team only has one guy on it. ha ha

The plate doesn't quite do it for me though. I want a giant Obama standee cut out thingy, but cant figure out where to put it.

Helps with the hero worship if you have an actual object to bow down to, ya know. :)

[KeepItReal]

11. I ridiculed the coin commercial last week. Got one for Xmas.

Color me hypocrite.

The coin *is* pretty sweet. Looked just like the image in commercial - much to my surprise!

Thanks, mom!

:-)

[Clio the Leo]

15. I am SOOOO Jealous.....

.... the ONE year when folks would have KNOWN what to get me w/out asking .... and I got NOTHING!!! Grrrr.

The Obama 2009 calendar I bought for myself on Christmas day should be here any time now though.

[LoZoccolo]

7. Now I want one.

I want to put it on my desk at work!

[Lint Head]

9. This is nothing more than corporate greedy token crap that depreciates.

50 years from now it will still be crap. 100 years from now a plate will probably be worth about three dollars and forty two cents cents.
:dem:

[Clio the Leo]

13. And HOW much is the Titans flag that waves from your car worth?

It's pricless isn't it? (Esp. right now) And dont lie, you know you have one! lol .... My mother is a good, Christian woman but she'd fight someone who tried to lay a finger to her Crimson Tide license plate.

It's the same thing. ;)

How cool would it be if we could get us a SEC football style tshirt that read "Obama 365, McCain 173" with some clever saying on it.

You know you'd get one ... and wear it to Walmart on Saturday ... dont lie, you know you would! lol

[seemunkee]

19. What do you think of the Corvette dollar coin with working headlights

Is it not teh awesome
http://www.corvettedollar.com/


Or the classiest of all the World Trade Forgotten Heroes coin

[seemunkee]

20. dupe

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[merh]

21. I've got 3 talking president dolls

I bought them at a store for $5 a piece

I need Poppy Bush and looking at the website, I should get the turkey bush and topgun bush.



http://www.talkingpresidents.com/products.shtml

[Texasgal]

30. Now THAT'S awesome!

I am so jealous!!! :)

[merh]

31. Keep the site handy - you can tell Santa want you want for next

year (or get lucky and find them at Tuesday Morning for $5). :silly:

A belated merry and most sincere and loving wish for a prosperous and happy new year. :hug:

:loveya: :hi:

[Texasgal]

32. oooh.. I LOVE tuesady morning!

My belated blessings to you too my dear. May the best year come ahead!

:hug:

[Divine Discontent]

39. disney sells those! eom

[FormerDittoHead]

22. After what we've seen the market do this year, maybe it's not that bad an "investment".

I have a feeling that ones collection of Elvis plates didn't lose as much value as an index fund.

Can you buy futures on the "Bradford Exchange"? :-)

[janx]

23. I would NEVER buy plates and coins with presidents on them, but--

I did buy THIS for my daughter:




:rofl:

(Her first vote for president was for Obama.)

[DontTreadOnMe]

24. No worse than any other election

I have been collecting coins and paper money for 40 years. There is nothing worse than a "color" coin.
You can't take a "regular" coin from the U.S. Mint and change it! The coin collecting community hates this kind of crap.
This is considerd a "fake" coin. Worth nothing more than the face value of the coin.

The U.S. Mint produces special commemorative coins, and they are highly collectible.
A law requires that a coin cannot have the face of a President while still alive.

I have been waiting for an OFFICIAL Ronald Reagan coin... so I could refuse it every time a cashier tried to give me one in change at any store.

Coin collecting is heavily tied to Amercian History. The more you study coins and their numismatic value (rarity), you will see how it directly
relates to what was happening during that period. Rarer coins from 1859-1865 (Civil War) or coins from 1930-35 (Great Depression) are lower mintage (rarer!)
because of the time period. The introduction of the Roosevelt Dime and the JFK Half Dollar are also history lessons. The more you study coins, you'll find they are a great
learning tool that follows the history of the issuing country -- from any country.

Great hobby for kids. The state quarters was a very sucessful coin program and many kids are now avid coin collectors.
I also collect paper money and like to find "star notes" in my change. My daughter is now hooked and looks through every bill she gets in "my" change.
If she finds one, she gets excited and hands it to me. It's great to see her face when she gives them to me. It's not worth much more than face value, but more of a fun
thing we do together. She is 15 years old now, but has been doing this since she was 6. I bet she will remember this long after I am gone.

[madamesilverspurs]

26. Yeeesh, it's all so tacky!

But if they'd come up with a little plastic Obama so I could drive around with him on my dashboard. . .

[FrenchieCat]

27. If there wasn't a market for this, it would be gone shortly.....

There are millions who cast their vote for Obama who love this stuff.....
I'm sure many African-Americans as well as others who never thought they'd live to see this day
are buying them up. And why shouldn't they if they want to? They earned their money.

I'm collecting magazines with his likeness on them. Perhaps in 100 years, they'll be a collectors item, or perhaps not. I have an autographed copy of "The Audacity of Hope" that he signed before he was even running. I'm holding on to that, cause one never knows.

So who are we to ridicule such purchases?
Who knows what will be the future in terms of what turns out to be valuable, if anything?
Other might just want a piece of history to point to.
Whatever works for them, I say. :shrug:

[janx]

29. Well our Barack-in-the-box was a hit at Xmas dinner.

Everybody wanted to crank it and watch him pop out! :rofl: I got a pic of a 92-year-old WWII vet holding it in his lap. :rofl:

[babylonsister]

33. I got one, too, and I think it was a result of the thread you posted

on DU I sent to my DH. That was my favorite gift!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=8032794

[janx]

35. It WAS! I remember that thread!

:hug:

:rofl: This is great...

[greguganus]

28. I find it hard to make "change" with Obama coins. n/t

[Flash Bazbo]

34. The same type that hang John Wayne and Ronnie Reagan portraits in their living rooms.

[gratefultobelib]

36. My husband got me a somewhat tacky picture of the Obamas (all 4 of them) and he loved

doing it, so what the heck, I hung it up!

[ecstatic]

37. Honestly, after the 100th or so time seeing it I was almost tempted

to buy one. LOL. Almost.

[marshall]

38. I thought the announcer on the commercial yesterday was Obama himself

I've seen the coin commercial before, but yesterday I did a double take when I heard a new commercial with a pitch-man who sounded like Obama. My heart was in my throat thinking it can't be true, then with relief I realized as I continued to listen that it was not him.

This is just the beginning. There will be Michelle aprons and Sasha & Malia dolls, and on and on. It's the American way.

[Divine Discontent]

40. exactly - get ready for more - I'm sure they made millions. and -

wouldn't it be hilarious if Obama did these things to make money from selling coins with pics on his face.. HA!

[rvablue]

41. I think the plates are semi-ridiculous, but just wondering why

does it matter what race the family is?