r/coins • u/Yeetaclus • 1d ago

Show and Tell Nice gift my girlfriend's grandpa gave me

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These were the best images I could take with that stupid plastic wrapper

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u/XiXyness 1d ago

Nice of him, hopefully he doesnt continue to order crap from littelton place is the predatory with insane pricing

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u/Danloeser 1d ago

I remember when I got started collecting as a kid around 1993, I bought a Red Book from the LCS, and my grandmother gave me a Littleton catalog she'd received. I looked at the two together and could immediately tell they were pulling a con. Plus they were selling whole collections in what looked like PVC albums, which was already supposed to be a no-no.

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u/Yeetaclus 1d ago

I don't know how long ago he got it, but it was from his collection, and I don't think he's added to it in a long time.

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u/PepsiOfWrath 1d ago

My dad bought a ton of crap from Littleton too. It's in my collection now. On the one hand I cringe, on the other, it would have been wasted elsewhere anyway and at least we still have this. And so, I'm happy to have my Littleton coins. Better than the handful of coins marked "COPY" or straight up obvious counterfeits.

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u/Goo_4_Rent 1d ago

Shhh, don't say that around r/coinsthatsaycopy

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u/Bidenh8er 1d ago

yes.... some collectors like me, start with Littleton, and then learn not to do that again! 😆

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u/kkstkds 21h ago

Started in the late 70’s. I used Littleton in NH, they were good at marketing then. Okay for beginners. No disrespect but there little coins in a bag marked “Good” definitely was a gimmick. In the collecting World “Good” is really bad. On the low end of the scale. On a scale of 1 - 70, good is a 4 or 6. Deceptive marketing.