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jberryhill

(62,444 posts) Mon Jul 23, 2012, 01:51 AM Jul 2012

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Franklin Mint buys Joe Paterno statue

Pennsylvania private collectible maker, Franklin Mint, announced today that it will be melting down the Joe Paterno statue to make PSU football program memorial coins. The coins, each individually numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, will be a limited edition honoring Joe Paterno's career on the front side, and carrying the patriotic words of the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution on the back. Supplies are limited, so only one order per household may be accepted, buyers must be over 18, and the coins will not be delivered to any address within 1000 feet of a school or daycare facility.

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Franklin Mint buys Joe Paterno statue (Original Post) jberryhill Jul 2012 OP

LOL! Politicalboi Jul 2012 #1

Order now... jberryhill Jul 2012 #3

LOL #2. K&R Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #2

OMG.. you had me. DontTreadOnMe Jul 2012 #4

The thing about the coins is true jberryhill Jul 2012 #5

Bravo! That.... DeSwiss Jul 2012 #6

The statue is simply being relocated to another part of the campus, where it will be placed... Scuba Jul 2012 #7

They would LOVE to get their metal-melting hands on that statue. Great post. Vinca Jul 2012 #8

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

1. LOL!

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 02:00 AM

Jul 2012

You had me till the 5th Amendment.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

3. Order now...

Reply to Politicalboi (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 02:05 AM

Jul 2012

...and we'll include this football with reproduction autographs of each of Jerry Sandusky's victims.

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)

2. LOL #2. K&R

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 02:02 AM

Jul 2012

DontTreadOnMe

(2,442 posts)

4. OMG.. you had me.

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 02:26 AM

Jul 2012

As I was reading I was thinking.. "good, they are taking down the statue"... and the coin thing was believable! But then.. ok you got me!

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

5. The thing about the coins is true

Reply to DontTreadOnMe (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 02:31 AM

Jul 2012

I made up the rest

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

6. Bravo! That....

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 04:27 AM

Jul 2012

...was a thing of beauty. It brings tears to my sore ol' eyes.....

K&R

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

7. The statue is simply being relocated to another part of the campus, where it will be placed...

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 05:38 AM

Jul 2012

... upside down, with Joe's head buried in the sand.

Vinca

(50,273 posts)

8. They would LOVE to get their metal-melting hands on that statue. Great post.

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 07:42 AM

Jul 2012

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