A fantasy-date over-strike is not an "unidentified copy".
It is ridiculous to believe that Congress intended to ban the use of "In God We Trust" on private tokens and medals. Millions of casino tokens...
GBI clearly marketed their product as "German Mint restrikes". My fantasy-date over-strikes are alterations to existing coins, not...
So there it is. You would deny your fellow collectors the freedom to collect what they want, simply because you crave the power to enforce your...
Of course the judge would talk about 18 U.S.C. 485. Uttering was at the core of the VonNothaus trial. However, that entire case was severely...
Intent to defraud was an integral part of the GBI case, which the FTC cited. And the FTC, as the administrator of the HPA, apparently considers...
NORFED "Liberty Dollars" are widely collected and are "original numismatic items" in their own right. As such, buying and selling of them is not...
Over-striking existing genuine coins is a type of altering, which is legal to do so long as it isn't done for fraudulent purposes. I have...
The base premise of this argument is false, that laws are being violated. ROM's marketing commentary made implications which were questionable....
The GBI products were not over-strikes. So in no way could they be considered altered coins. And GBI clearly had fraudulent intent because their...
When I acquire a batch of Morgan dollars for potential over-striking, I save any scarcer dates, any varieties of interest, and even common coins...
Consumer Protection laws have their place in regards to ESSENTIAL items such as housing, automobiles, medicine, etc. For non-essential benign...
Even I was once a "clueless novice". At that time, the biggest pitfall for such a person was (and still is to some extent) cleaned and polished...
Even if I never minted a thing, people would still constantly be finding themselves possessing coins that they are unfamiliar with.
Someone in possession of a coin that they are unfamiliar with. An extremely common and benign situation.
So you are not willing to disclose your real name or anything about yourself ?
Your "no ill will" comment was only a couple months ago. There hasn't been a significant change in anything since then. The Chinese will fake...
That is not actually correct. I have never been contacted in any way about my activities by the Secret Service or any other government agency.
So much for your prior claim that you wished no "ill will" towards me. Yea right. And when would "ignorance of the law" be a defense anyway ?
Try this: Take a genuine series 1996 $100 note and print a little "1998" over the 1996. Then send it to the Secret Service and see if they care....
Separate names with a comma.
