Message posted by Peter Merlin (Member since 11/13/2003) on January 26, 2025 at 13:34:35 PST:
So far, most of the fake coins I have seen are the ones with the words BLACK OPS on the reverse size. Those were made by various people after Trevor Paglen's book came out. Some sellers misrepresent their items, either unintentionally or on purpose. One seller has listed a coin for the Common Mission Control Center (CMCC) at Beale AFB, California with this title: CIA Area 51 Special Projects BEAST OF KANDAHAR AFG CMCC RQ170 SENTINEL DRONE. The seller is just throwing everything at the wall to get potential buyers to look at the listing, but it's not a particularly accurate description. Another seller listed a coin from Tyndall AFB, Florida, as being "from Area 51." I contacted that seller years ago, when I first saw the item, but he never changed the description. The insanely high starting bid prices have caused some of these items to be re-listed over and over for more than a decade.
In Reply to: Re: Area 51 Challenge Coins posted by MB8451 on January 26, 2025 at 8:47:38 PST:
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