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We saw Spider-man take over the city for a week, now get ready for The Silver Surfer to take over your change purse.
A deal between 20th Century Fox and Franklin Mint has landed the Marvel superhero on the quarter. 40,000 of them, to be exact (no doubt fans will be trying to collect these now that they're in circulation). This is all, of course, to promote the upcoming movie, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. So pay attention to your change, if you get one - you'll have a chance to win a 4 day/3 night trip for 4 to the June 12th world premiere of the movie in London.
The quarters, which were delivered in customized Silver Surfer armored trucks, have been released over the past few days, and are the first to ever feature a contemporary movie character. And of course, they're already selling on eBay for way more than 25 cents! So if you find one, you may not want to take The Post's suggestion of using it to buy their Late City Final edition!
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Terrible.
wonderful - nothing is off limits. so now money can be used for advertising. how perfect. eventually, maybe my future kids can be branded with logos on their forehead and be sponsored by the fox corporation!
How can it be legal tender? The answer: It's a regular U.S. minted quarter which has some spiderman gunk painted on it ... by the Franklin Mint.
Wow. Even our money is commercialized. Sad.
The word "mint" is misleading. The Franklin Mint has nothing to do with the government. It is just
a private company that manufactures so-called "collectibles."
I am more disturbed by the idolatry of presidents on money.
Bring back the more symbolic Liberty coins.
Screw the dead presidents.
I have to agree the use of money for marketing is lame as well.
Sic transit gloria.
everyone needs to stop crying and read post #5 here... truth is dropped.
Franklin Mint ... oh man how many Americans has this company scam selling worthless crap and calling them "investments for the future".
Somebody from the Franklyn "mint" should be going to jail for defacing coins . . .
I have a feeling that this is not quite legal...
I wonder in 40 years just how much these coins really will be worth. Especially since they were declared illegal?