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What would you do if you received one of these as a gift? (Original Post) True Dough Sep 2019 OP
Return to sender Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #1
...along with some admonitions about idolatry and graven images. JHB Sep 2019 #3
... and one of these FoxNewsSucks Sep 2019 #15
After I stopped laughing, I think I'd flush it. Vinca Sep 2019 #2
Destroy it with a hammer and disown the sender. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2019 #4
Have it melted down. SaveOurDemocracy Sep 2019 #5
It's only gold plated. What else. marybourg Sep 2019 #20
Sell it to a Trump supporter FBaggins Sep 2019 #6
Best empedocles Sep 2019 #9
I would send it to this guy. tymorial Sep 2019 #7
Extract the gold*, and toss the rest in the scrap metal bin. GoCubsGo Sep 2019 #8
It's probably chocolate. fleur-de-lisa Sep 2019 #14
It may be brown inside NoPasaran Sep 2019 #23
Keep it, it will have an entirely different ironic sentiment a few years from now Amishman Sep 2019 #10
melt it down for the 2cents or more of actual gold it probably contains. hlthe2b Sep 2019 #11
Hold on to it nuxvomica Sep 2019 #12
That's hilarious True Dough Sep 2019 #16
Send it to Trump 2020 as a campaign donation. tanyev Sep 2019 #13
Toss it in a river. sinkingfeeling Sep 2019 #17
And risk the pollution? True Dough Sep 2019 #18
I wouldn't be friends with someone who would buy them. rainin Sep 2019 #19
WOW! Is that what a "tiny bit" coin looks like? Backseat Driver Sep 2019 #21
I'd stick it in my safe deposit box NoPasaran Sep 2019 #22

Vinca

(50,237 posts)
2. After I stopped laughing, I think I'd flush it.
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 07:01 AM
Sep 2019

Just like the real thing, it's a fake and only produced to grift the cult.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
4. Destroy it with a hammer and disown the sender.
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 07:10 AM
Sep 2019

What fool would spend hard-earned money on such trash?

KY............

GoCubsGo

(32,075 posts)
8. Extract the gold*, and toss the rest in the scrap metal bin.
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 07:41 AM
Sep 2019

Or, go to the rail yard and put it under the wheel of a nice, slooooowww-moving train.

*That's provide it's real gold. I have strong doubts about that. It's probably plated with fool's gold.

Amishman

(5,554 posts)
10. Keep it, it will have an entirely different ironic sentiment a few years from now
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 07:54 AM
Sep 2019

Great page 1 item for a future scrapbook of his downfall

That coin will come to represent the last gasp and political suicide of the Republican party

nuxvomica

(12,411 posts)
12. Hold on to it
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 08:13 AM
Sep 2019

From the "Customer questions & answers":


Does the fact that it's missing one of his chins harm the value as a collectible?
Answer:
I don't know.. if more are produced with the double chin.. it will increase the value of the few without.

rainin

(3,010 posts)
19. I wouldn't be friends with someone who would buy them.
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 09:43 AM
Sep 2019

I literally won't socialize with them. What would we talk about? There is no being civil with someone who is that evil (or stupid).

Backseat Driver

(4,381 posts)
21. WOW! Is that what a "tiny bit" coin looks like?
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 11:14 AM
Sep 2019

Probably should send a thank you note to my Goonie friend with a link to download a One-Eyed Willy's treasure map?

https://www.instructables.com/id/The-Goonies-One-Eyed-Willies-Map-Replica/

NoPasaran

(17,291 posts)
22. I'd stick it in my safe deposit box
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 11:20 AM
Sep 2019

And save it for that day in the future when the market for junk like this gets a collector's value similar to that for nazi regalia today.

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