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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2056199, member: 112"]According to the article linked to, it is now illegal to sell counterfeit coins that are not marked with COPY. They say it twice - </p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Act will serve to broaden the existing Hobby Protection Act by making it unlawful to sell unmarked replica coins.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The Collectible Coin Protection Act strengthens the original Hobby Protection Act by now making the sale of unmarked replica coins illegal</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And if that is true, and no I don't know that it is, but if it is, anybody who sells an unmarked counterfeit is guilty of breaking the law.</p><p><br /></p><p>Different question - ignorance of the law is no excuse is one our oldest concepts. Can you get out of trouble if you can prove that you didn't know you were breaking the law ? What do you think ? Sometimes, maybe ? Well that's kinda how the courts see it too. For how do you prove that you did not know something ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone ever beat the ignorance is ........ clause ? Yeah, just not real often.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2056199, member: 112"]According to the article linked to, it is now illegal to sell counterfeit coins that are not marked with COPY. They say it twice - [I]The Act will serve to broaden the existing Hobby Protection Act by making it unlawful to sell unmarked replica coins.[/I] [I] The Collectible Coin Protection Act strengthens the original Hobby Protection Act by now making the sale of unmarked replica coins illegal[/I] And if that is true, and no I don't know that it is, but if it is, anybody who sells an unmarked counterfeit is guilty of breaking the law. Different question - ignorance of the law is no excuse is one our oldest concepts. Can you get out of trouble if you can prove that you didn't know you were breaking the law ? What do you think ? Sometimes, maybe ? Well that's kinda how the courts see it too. For how do you prove that you did not know something ? Has anyone ever beat the ignorance is ........ clause ? Yeah, just not real often.[/QUOTE]
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