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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 364164, member: 66&quot;]Counterstamping, defacing, painting, altering for the coin are all perfectly legal as long as there is no intent to defraud with one exception.&nbsp; It IS illegal to place advertising upon the coin and then reintroduce it into circulation. I believe it was United artists that got in trouble with that with their colorized quarter promotion for the Fantastic Four movie sequel Rise of the Silver Surfer.</p><p><br /></p><p>US Code Title 18 Sec 475</p><p><br /></p><p>Fine is $500.&nbsp; If they made it $500 per offense that could mount up pretty quickly.&nbsp; (They did 40,000 silver surfer quarters for a potential of $20 million in fines.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think any actual fines were levied though.)</p><p><br /></p><p>An ad for a location or event on an elongated coin is legal because they are not being reintroduced into circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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