A year ago the National Collector's Mint sold these "Freedom Tower" silver dollars. Soon a controversy arose because of three things.
- The fact that some of the silver used came from the vaults at the twin towers.
- It claimed to be an official U.S. coin from the Northern Mariana Islands.
- It was profiting from 9/11.
The edge has written on it, "COMMONWEALTH N. MARIANA ISLANDS- WORLD TRADE CENTER RECOVERY SILVER- 100 MIL CLAD"
After the big controversy these coins were selling on eBay and other sites for $100.00 and recently they have sold for $50.00 but now the market has flattened out and the sell for their original $23.45.
I knew it would be controversial and was quickly proven right. It is still a beautiful fake coin.
This coin is not legal tender. It is not from the Northern Mariana Islands, the name was licensed out by this little commonwealth. They do stick to the claim that the silver, 100 Mil .999 Pure Silver recovered from the ruins of Ground Zero.
Update: These non-coins have bottomed out at about $10.00 in June 2008. It is obvious how people see these as offensive but compared to the offense committed by the 19 Muslims hijackers it is small. Direct any anger to the right targets.
Do you have a fake coin and want to know its value? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.
2 dollars worth, for Comments/Questions click here.:
I didn't buy any of the collector's mint coins as I felt their world wide constant barrage of advertising was indeed a bit disrespectful to those directly involved with that horrific day. However, I did purchase what was represented as a solid gold $100.00 denomination coin (Isle of Man mintage-eperhaps through the Pobjoy Mint) and have not been able to find ANY information on this coin. It does appear to be solid gold, although I don't want to scratch to find out if it is (they are still in mint state condition and would hate to destroy their value if they are genuine).
Can you give me any information about this coin?
Thank you.
Gloria
I did purchase what was represented as a solid gold $100.00 denomination coin (Isle of Man mintage-eperhaps through the Pobjoy Mint) and have not been able to find ANY information on this coin.
As far as I now all Isle of Man coin are genuine made of high quality metals.
The problem is they make thousands and thousands of different coins so I need a good description of both sides of the coin to find out more information.
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