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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1005632, member: 26302"]I respect your opinions here Leadfoot and hope you haven't taken offense from posts here. We all know you are a straight talking, valued member of this board. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would say, not knowing Daniel's argument, that he is twisting the restrike clause to mean any restrikes and not what the plain reading of the statute states. The statute clearly states restrikes and reissues performed by foreign governments, (presumably the original issuers, ala Maria Theresa restrikes). Sounds like he is a lawyer and trying to twist that into meaning any restrikes by anyone, well that is EXACTLY what the law was written to stop. He sounds like either a lawyer or a smart guy trying to twist the law, but I sincerely hopes he fails. If we cannot stop this type of blatant counterfeiting in the US in plain daylight, how can we ever think we have any hope of stopping the mass forgeries coming from China. I am not blaming anyone from buying the coin, as I do think its interesting, but I personally have a metal stamp made with the word COPY made years ago, (I buy groups and have quite a few old copies pass through my hands), and I would be stamping that into any example I happened to own.</p><p><br /></p><p>It truly makes me sad an American is doing this. I wish him well with his press, and selling these, I just wish he would follow the law for the benefit of our hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: THere is a group in Arkansas creating restrikes of US coinage, (sorry forget the name), and they will let you choose which side has the copy stamp, but they absolutely refuse to let a coin out the door without the copy stamp on it. Many have tried and failed to get one without it. To me, those are reproductions which benefit the hobby and do the right thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1005632, member: 26302"]I respect your opinions here Leadfoot and hope you haven't taken offense from posts here. We all know you are a straight talking, valued member of this board. I would say, not knowing Daniel's argument, that he is twisting the restrike clause to mean any restrikes and not what the plain reading of the statute states. The statute clearly states restrikes and reissues performed by foreign governments, (presumably the original issuers, ala Maria Theresa restrikes). Sounds like he is a lawyer and trying to twist that into meaning any restrikes by anyone, well that is EXACTLY what the law was written to stop. He sounds like either a lawyer or a smart guy trying to twist the law, but I sincerely hopes he fails. If we cannot stop this type of blatant counterfeiting in the US in plain daylight, how can we ever think we have any hope of stopping the mass forgeries coming from China. I am not blaming anyone from buying the coin, as I do think its interesting, but I personally have a metal stamp made with the word COPY made years ago, (I buy groups and have quite a few old copies pass through my hands), and I would be stamping that into any example I happened to own. It truly makes me sad an American is doing this. I wish him well with his press, and selling these, I just wish he would follow the law for the benefit of our hobby. Chris EDIT: THere is a group in Arkansas creating restrikes of US coinage, (sorry forget the name), and they will let you choose which side has the copy stamp, but they absolutely refuse to let a coin out the door without the copy stamp on it. Many have tried and failed to get one without it. To me, those are reproductions which benefit the hobby and do the right thing.[/QUOTE]
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