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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1250717, member: 66"]You aren't dealing with the Hobby Protection Act, you are dealing with US Code Title 18 Chapter 25 sec 487 Whoever, without lawful authority, makes any die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, either of steel or plaster, or any other substance, in likeness or similitude, as to the design or the inscription thereon, of any die, hub, or mold designated for the coining or making of any of the genuine gold, silver, nickel, bronze, copper, or other coins coined at the mints of the United States; or Whoever, without lawful authority, possesses any such die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, or permits the same to be used for or in aid of the counterfeiting of any such coins of the United States— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both. The HPA does not require the coins to be counterstruck with COPY after they are made, if simply requires that the word COPY appear on them in the proper size and font.  If you went by a strict interpretation of Sec 487 then yes, dies used to make replicas which were then marked copy afterwards would be illegal.  Because until they are marked, they would be counterfeits and you would be counterfeiting.  If you want to do things the safe way you would have COPY in raised lettering on your die so it is on the replicas as soon as they are struck. Sec 488 covers the same ground for dies for non-US coins.[/QUOTE]