No-class, trash marketing at its worst.
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"For the first time ever, a legally authorized government issue silver dollar has been struck to commemorate the World Trade Center and the new Freedom Tower being erected in its place."
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"The silver used in each gleaming dollar coin is from Ground Zero! You see, when the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001, a bank vault full of .999 Pure Silver bars was buried under hundreds of tons of debris. After months of salvage work, many of the bars were found. Now, the same silver that was reclaimed from the destruction has been used to create the magnificent 2004 “Freedom Tower” Silver Dollar."
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"Issue price has been set at $39 per coin. However, during this limited special release, the "Freedom Tower" Silver Dollar can be yours for only $19.95."
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Am I the only one offended right to the core by this? I mean, I'm a fan of entrepreneurship and free enterprise and all that great stuff -- but this is beyond any tolerable notion of the pale. It's not even war profiteering. It's using a national tragedy -- literally blood money -- to literally mint a profit.
Someone needs to do a dDOS attack on these jackasses. The only way to get more classless would be to auction off souvenirs from victims of crimes, like JonBenet Ramsey's wardrobe or something. The clowns who conceptualized this should be lined against a wall and shot. (I'd buy a commemorative coin of THAT event, at least.)
Grr.
-- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" Excerpt at http://www.nightwares.com/books/Flat_Out.pdf
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