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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 1001610, member: 4781&quot;]That would be legal (to make an &quot;1889-CC&quot; out of a genuine 1889).&nbsp;&nbsp; By that I mean the act of defacing the coin to make it look like something else is perfectly legal.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can take a 1944-D penny, cut off parts of the &quot;4&quot; to make it look like a &quot;1914-D&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can even sell it for a profit.&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Hobo&quot; nickels are defaced US coins sold for big premiums.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now if you took that faked 1889-CC or 1914-D and tried to pass it off as a genuine, then that would be fraud.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you provide full disclosure of what it is when you sell it, then no problem.&nbsp;&nbsp; But note that these two are examples of modifying (altering) a coin to make it look like a known (existing) numismatic rarity worth more money.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m only modifying coins to look like numismatic items THAT DON&#039;T EXIST.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The issue is the terminology used in the HPA - &quot;original numismatic item&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is a 1964-D Peace Dollar an original numismatic item subject to &quot;copy&quot; regulations ?&nbsp;&nbsp; According to the US government, they don&#039;t exist.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I say no.&nbsp;&nbsp; Same for 2009-DC (proof) Silver Eagles.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is a Peace Dollar an original numismatic item ?&nbsp;&nbsp; In general, yes.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is my &quot;1964-D&quot; fantasy over-struck Peace Dollar a copy of a Peace Dollar ? <b>No, it <i>is</i> a genuine Peace Dollar (now defaced).</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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