Video: The fake Obama coins
posted at 2:35 pm on February 17, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Remember when we laughed about Barack Obama’s attempt to license his image? Maybe it could have prevented a bunch of suckers from losing their money in this pathetic bait and switch swindle. People paid a hundred dollars or more for Obama coins that turned out to be stickers over regular US currency (via Caleb Howe and Redstate):
Well, all I can say is caveat emptor, baby. In fact, that would have been good advice for those wishing to vote for Obama, too. The complaint about “false impressions” and “hidden costs” will get more than a few chuckles out of conservatives — grim chuckles, but chuckles nonetheless. We’ve seen quite a few of both since the inauguration, and even some Obama voters have discovered the same thing.
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Like I said before….
sock puppet.
Spiritk9 on February 17, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Nothing but two dimensional facade over the same old same old? Perfect.
TheUnrepentantGeek on February 17, 2009 at 2:38 PM
“Change” we can believe in….
joedoe on February 17, 2009 at 2:38 PM
LOL! There is a sucker born every minute…
OmahaConservative on February 17, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Change we can believe in?
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Ahhh…you beat me.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM
The fools who bought these coins, like the fools who voted for Obama, got what they deserved.
The rest of us didn’t.
AZCoyote on February 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM
An infomercial product that sucks? I’m shocked. Stunned.
You’ll love my nuts! – Vince Offer.
lorien1973 on February 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM
It’s quite ironic. If the same people would have given their candidate a closer look we wouldn’t ALL be getting ripped off. Their losey hundred bucks ain’t nothing compared to what’s coming………
sherryande on February 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM
/snort!
upinak on February 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM
I bet the customers were even able to use their welfare EBT cards to purchase the coins.
Ha ha.
Suckahs.
Badger40 on February 17, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Why call them “fake”?
They are very much true-to-life, in that they represent everything about Barack Obama….Not worth much, and the facade is mis-leading.
Talismen on February 17, 2009 at 2:40 PM
The coins are just like Barry……fake!
grapeknutz on February 17, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Is my plate collection still worth something?
WashJeff on February 17, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Upinak — what are you snorting?
BigD on February 17, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Perfect metaphor?
carbon_footprint on February 17, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Looks like a duck…
ObamatheMessiah on February 17, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Sham? WOW!!!!
izoneguy on February 17, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Am I the only one that thinks this is hilarious and enjoys seeing Obots getting ripped off?
Mark1971 on February 17, 2009 at 2:42 PM
*clap clap*
kc8ukw on February 17, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Stupid is as stupid does.
LimeyGeek on February 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM
If they chose a Susan B Anthony dollar as one of the coins to affix a sticker, they can double the fail factor.
DrAllecon on February 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM
I saw the ad. The ad is not misleading. They come right out and say (and show) that they’re plastering Obama pictures over existing coins. Buyers were just not paying attention.
jdpaz on February 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Only idiots think Oslime-a is worthy of the notoriety brought by getting your face on a coin.
Good God! Even Jesus doesn’t have his own coin!
csdeven on February 17, 2009 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t that shocking, but if they come out and say that Snuggies are just big robes put on backwards, I’m going to be OUTRAGED!!!
Abby Adams on February 17, 2009 at 2:44 PM
what a bunch of dumb@sses… what did they think they were getting.
this is too funny… stupidity on display
I don’t know what is dumber, buying one of these stupid coin sets, or going on TV to talk about what an idiot you are…
Obama coin set bailout coming soon
gatorboy on February 17, 2009 at 2:44 PM
His kind eyes and confident smile…
crazy_legs on February 17, 2009 at 2:44 PM
This is just the beginning of the outrage when the rest of the nation realizes that our emperor has no clothes
gatorboy on February 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM
I would laugh but somehow I think this is a metaphor for our current situation, which isn’t funny…
liquidflorian on February 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM
I guess you didn’t bother to watch the video. They own and run an art framing and collectibles business. But thanks.
Magnus on February 17, 2009 at 2:46 PM
csdeven
Really, now. Would Jesus want one?
SKYFOX on February 17, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Obama can’t even say “Render unto Ceasar what is Ceasar’s” like any good Messiah would, cause in this case, he’s Ceasar.
DrAllecon on February 17, 2009 at 2:47 PM
I can’t snort? Better then laughing out loud in the faces of the people?
Is there a problem with snorting at the rejects who actually BOUGHT these?
get a clue Big D… I don’t like you and you need to leave me alone as you are cyber stalking me.
get it??!?!???!?!?!
upinak on February 17, 2009 at 2:47 PM
The first time I saw the commercial for those coins I thought it was a parody. I guess I was right.
Sue on February 17, 2009 at 2:48 PM
I wonder how many of our Resident Trolls bought a set?
kingsjester on February 17, 2009 at 2:48 PM
HAHAH, I thought I was the only one.
Magnus on February 17, 2009 at 2:48 PM
The Perfect Allegory….
Braindroppings on February 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM
YES, WE
CANCON!Good Lt on February 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM
I.e., the value of our savings account in a few years from inflation.
WashJeff on February 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Too funny. Worthless, fake-just like him.
StephC on February 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Maybe the one who is mad I snorted? LOL!
upinak on February 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Life imitates con games. It would be funny but the porkulus is being signed as we type.
DJA down 260 “NOT DUE TO PROKULUS” The MSM has it’s marchin’ orders, DJA up due to porkulus. DJA down due to something not tainted by obama.
jukin on February 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM
pphhhwhaHA-HA-HA-!!!!!
Oh man,… it’s not funny, but… oh, wait a second… yeah,… it is!
HA! HA! HA!
Daddy-O on February 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Am I the only one that thinks this is hilarious and enjoys seeing Obots getting ripped off?
Mark1971 on February 17, 2009 at 2:42 PM
No. I think there are many of us, and I also think the sentiment is contagious.
What I want to find is the speculator who bought TONS of these thinking he’d eBay ‘em in a few years and really cash out. There’s gotta be at least one out there…
innominatus on February 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM
upinak on February 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Maybe. I’m thinkin’ a couple of our Trolls traded in their Hot Wheels collections for the coins.
kingsjester on February 17, 2009 at 2:51 PM
HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!
Maybe Montel can bring out that ol’ witch, Sylvia Brown to tell him what the value of these sticker plastered coins will be after B Hussein O is out of office.
OmahaConservative on February 17, 2009 at 2:51 PM
But but but Montel Williams said…
carbon_footprint on February 17, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Hey, if you don’t like those coins try one of these. I’m sure they’re much better, they have a certificate of authenticity and other stuff. They probably go to eleven.
Oldnuke on February 17, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Benny? nonya? LOL oh I can think of a few.
upinak on February 17, 2009 at 2:52 PM
20 bucks for 1.75$ with corny stickers on them hahahaha. The commercial is still airing here.
goat on February 17, 2009 at 2:52 PM
I don’t know. According to some fundies I know, Jesus expects us to nothing except sing his praises for eternity. I think a coin would make more sense. It would free us up to play baseball and have picnics.
/sarc
csdeven on February 17, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Those coins are just as fake as Obama is. You always get what you pay for.
fbcmusicman on February 17, 2009 at 2:52 PM
You mean I’m going to have to wait until I receive the next set to send it back?
saltydogg14 on February 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM
upinak on February 17, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Probably Seth and getalife. Eh traded in his Webster’s Thesaurus for a set of coins.
kingsjester on February 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM
In all due seriousness, I hope they nail the SOBs who did this. Sure, they are naive Obots, but even they- on the whole- do not deserve to feed the pond scum who operate like this.
Trust me, I know. I’ve dealt with similar pond scum.
Turtler on February 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM
are these the same thing that Montel advertises for on TV?
I don’t think this is technically fraud, wish I had thought of it. There are fake nike’s being sold from China that have Obama’s mug on them, however those are technically illegal(the Nike part).
jp on February 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Hey whats the problem, the original is a fake as well.
Perfectly illustrates the IQ of the Obama voter.
tarpon on February 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Question is Why didn’t Sylvia Brown warn Montel he would be proved to be an idiot.
And dangit why didn’t I think of this? It’s actually genius! Put a sticker on some coins and voila! Collectors item.
Magnus on February 17, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Watch the commercial next time. They are not misrepresented and are described to be the junk they actually are.
OmahaConservative on February 17, 2009 at 2:56 PM
I was watching this old comedy movie where these guys were defending a guy in a fraud case who was selling commemarative copper portraints of President Lincoln for $19.99. You can guess what they really were. This guy will have to use a similiar defense.
Conan on February 17, 2009 at 2:56 PM
BbbbbbbWWWaaaaahahahahahahaha!
mindhacker on February 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
the Obama Coin Industry is “too big to fail”, this bad PR that will dramatically reduce sales should qualify these Entreprenuers for some Bailout money
jp on February 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
LMFAO!!!
It works on so many levels. America bought the same life-sized version.
Claypigeon on February 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
I ordered my Obama puppy and they sent me a squirrel with a picture of Lassie skotch-taped to it’s head.
fogw on February 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
I just wonder if Blago got a cut and if Burris helped with the marketing.
Oldnuke on February 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Perfect metaphor?
carbon_footprint on February 17, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Precisely! I blogged about this yesterday.
If you follow the links and watch the video from HSN or whatever network was plying this crap, one of the coins is actually called the “Coin of Change”
catmman on February 17, 2009 at 2:58 PM
ROTFLMAO!!!! You idiots.
roux on February 17, 2009 at 2:58 PM
I hope no one is surprised by this. A nice looking veneer over an old product. That’s exactly what I would expect to get.
Selkirk on February 17, 2009 at 2:58 PM
lmao!
MDWNJ on February 17, 2009 at 2:59 PM
once, I grabbed a bunch of “Free” College magazines that had Clay Aiken on the cover. Sold them for $50 to $70/each on ebay till others started copying me and flooded the market.
anyway, it was sweet, almost like winning money. I’m sure these guys were laughing their butts off behind the scenes.
jp on February 17, 2009 at 2:59 PM
i like mine so much, i am ordering more of them. ha
custer on February 17, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Happy birthday, sucker!
CurtZHP on February 17, 2009 at 3:01 PM
The O and Say It Ain’t So Joe are about to rob future generations at pen point. Kind of made my stomach roll to see those two guys laughing and smiling at the podium while committing this political crime.
joedoe on February 17, 2009 at 3:02 PM
This explains why the unicorn Obamuhhh finally sent me bears a striking resemblance to a feral cat with a used toilet paper roll taped to its head….
Master Shake on February 17, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Good point. Allowing yourself to become a victim increases the likelihood of someone else also becoming one.
Count to 10 on February 17, 2009 at 3:03 PM
UGLY coins too boot too!
Can I have my Susan B Anthonys and saq dollars back? LOL
Kevin43 on February 17, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Is putting a sticker on a coin like putting lipstick on a pig?
garry on February 17, 2009 at 3:07 PM
https://www.obamacoincollection.com/
OmahaConservative on February 17, 2009 at 3:07 PM
We can all be thankful these things were not tinfoil covered chocolates. The metaphorical possibilities would have been endless and fattening.
joedoe on February 17, 2009 at 3:07 PM
I just don’t understand the point of even wasting your money to buy this crap, no matter who it is. If that’s something you need to make your life fulfilled, no offense, but you are a moron.
MDWNJ on February 17, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Depends. Is the sticker pink? Or does the sticker say it will be one way and then fall off due to lack of glue?
upinak on February 17, 2009 at 3:08 PM
lmao THEY ARE THE VICTIMS OF…..CAPITALISM!!!!
coins just as wothy of mint as this moron is of running the office.
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on February 17, 2009 at 3:08 PM
What’s a $100 bucks these days..? We can just print more …
Badbrucskie on February 17, 2009 at 3:08 PM
has the Iraq money, that was heavily advertised on blogs, gone up in value any now that the country as stabalized?
the shipping cost at the time was about as much as the money was worth
jp on February 17, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Why prevent it? Fools deserve every time to pay, especially to be exploited. The meak will never inherit the earth, but they will be exploited by the left in a modern day sefdom, well on its way. Let them!!! The leftie elite knows exactly what it is doing. The righties who fell for this deserve the O-machine to perfection. I’m actually very schadenfreudig about it.
The “for the people” elite will suck them all dry.
Entelechy on February 17, 2009 at 3:10 PM
From my previous comment on another post. This fits right in.
shick on February 17, 2009 at 3:10 PM
This shouldn’t be a surprise to people. You can see the crappy sticker on the coin in the commercial. At least the cheesy 9/11 $20 bill was worth real money. You give the company $20 US and you get .31c in Liberian money in return. Sounds like a great deal to me.
txaggie on February 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM
The new presidential dollar coins come out with 4 presidential portraits per year. Which means that in 11 years, there will be plenty of real Obama coins.
Bigfoot on February 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM
The tv commercial is avialable at the link. They look like they are stickers around JFK’s face on the half dollar and Montel clearly tells the rubes that these are state quarters with B Hussein O’s image added.
SUCKA’S!!!!!!!!!
OmahaConservative on February 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM
ha HA!
/Nelson
pseudonominus on February 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Ultimate capitalistic irony in the Obama Zeitgeist – invent something to sell to the foolish masses, even if you’re a conservative and you invent something pro-Obama. Just sell it and smile.
Entelechy on February 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM
They are not. My home shopping network mom bought two of them at 25 bucks each. What crap. They are so thin that you can almost see though them and they are not made to fit around you. If you put them on like a bathrobe the front doesn’t close up.
jmarcure on February 17, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Unfortunately, so far it seems nothing sticks to the Obambi.
I don’t think it’s teflon, more like snake oil.
garry on February 17, 2009 at 3:12 PM
These marks voted with their dollars and are now “stuck” with little worthless “stickers”.
I would not be surprised if they were made in Indonesia, just as, to at least some extent, Barry Soetoro himself was “made” there.
Edouard on February 17, 2009 at 3:14 PM
BWAAAAA! I collect coins and laughed out loud when these came out! It’s worse than buying coins from HSN. At least those are for real…at about 3 times the value…
Let’s see take something that is for real a coin (POTUS) and plaster something fake over it a sticker (Obama) PERFECT!!!
sabbott on February 17, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Read about this yesterday and thought it absolutely fit the man. You have a glib speaker who got elected president (with some help from his fraudulent friends) and installs the Clinton government. What else would you expect from coins depicting this administration for a pretty stamp over an existing coin?
katablog.com on February 17, 2009 at 3:16 PM
I saw the Montel commercial a couple days before the inauguration.
My roommate was sitting to the side of the t.v., had his headphones on and was reading a book. He glanced up for half a second and started laughing. He said, “What is that? They put some crappy stickers of Obama on some loose change and marked it up 1000%. What idiot would buy that?”
I guess I should send him the link to this post in answer to his question.
JadeNYU on February 17, 2009 at 3:18 PM
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
One born every minute.
christene on February 17, 2009 at 3:22 PM
The suckers who bought the television-orchestrated hoopla about this poseur deserve to be scammed by a television ad that commemorates him. This collectible is as worthless as Obamateur will make our money in very short order.
onlineanalyst on February 17, 2009 at 3:24 PM
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