Every time a new coin is minted, make a dozen or so of them with a noticeable mistake. (Queen Elizabeth without her crown, for example)

Let the public know that these coins exist. (Create a "buzz")

All of a sudden, the coins show up in the hands of individuals who just happen to be looking for funds to start a socially relevant project in an economically depressed neighborhood.

Coincidence? No. Valuable Coin-cidence.

Sell coin on Ebay.

Repeat.

bn,,, Would work better for stamps, but Valuable Stamp-cidence doesn't have the same panache.
-- r_kreher, Aug 30 2008

six million dollar coin http://www.forbes.c.../04/10/0410pow.html
[r_kreher, Aug 31 2008]

Profit from the production of false relics? I believe the collectors are likely to be the first to get wise to the scheme. They are very cunning about this sort of thing. More of a criminal idea then something the government should dabble in. Still the mints would be able to produce the most convincing forgeries.
-- WcW, Aug 30 2008


those darned coin collectors!!!

We agree, though, that it would take a government mint with a certain flamboyance and courage... The very definition of "panache".
-- r_kreher, Aug 30 2008


Oh yes + Bun for *criminal ideas*!!
-- xandram, Aug 31 2008


I figure a mint Crownless should sell for, oh I don't know, about 10,000,000 Euros. That ought to open up a nice water recycling plant or something. Maybe a plant where they make solar panels.
-- r_kreher, Aug 31 2008


Would cost a mint to produce.
-- 4whom, Aug 31 2008


Think 1933 Double Eagle. Ten just accidentally "disappeared." Yeah right. <link>
-- r_kreher, Aug 31 2008



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