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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 1418414, member: 4781&quot;]Because I do not <i>claim</i> that they are legal tender.&nbsp;&nbsp; Their legal-tender status is not certain because there is no relevant law concerning this situation.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is new thing - there is no precedent for it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I already wrote to the US Mint and Federal Trade Commission (twice) about this, outlining my potential scenario <i>before</i> I ever offered any over-strikes.&nbsp; &nbsp; The example scenario I outlined in my letters was the &quot;1964&quot; over-strike silver Franklin Half Dollars.&nbsp; They never replied.&nbsp;&nbsp; Coin World picked up the case and inquired directly to their contacts at the US Mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; The US Mint simply replied that it wasn&#039;t up to them, and that enforcement of related laws lies with the US Secrect Service, and that Coin World should contact them.&nbsp;&nbsp; So Coin World did.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Secret Service briefly looked at the issue and replied that they do not <i>interpret</i> the laws, they only enforce them as directed by the US Attorney&#039;s Office, and that Coin World should contact them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Coin World then discontinued their efforts, but I contacted a representative at the Denver US Attorney&#039;s Office.&nbsp;&nbsp; I explained the proposed situation and he just said that they do not interpret laws for the public, and that I would have to hire my own lawyer to look into it.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I contacted a very well-known numismatically-inclined lawer.&nbsp; &nbsp; He briefly studied the issue and said that he didn&#039;t know, but that he could research it further.&nbsp;&nbsp; I asked what that would cost, and his reply was &quot;a pretty penny&quot; (figuratively, not literally).</p><p><br /></p><p>So, there you have it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nobody knows.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is why I state on my web site not to use my over-strikes as legal tender - because nobody knows if they are or aren&#039;t.&nbsp;&nbsp; Either way, it is mostly a mute point since the issue price, market value, and scrap value are all higher than the face value.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See above. Been there. Done that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If there was no law, it can&#039;t be &quot;illegal&quot;. How do you think the government can enforce the &quot;ban&quot; on scrapping cents and nickels without a law ?</p><p>There is a law on the books that provides the Treasury Secretary with the power to make monetary regulations, enforceable as law.&nbsp;&nbsp; And one of those recent officialy-enacted regulations is a ban on large-scale scrapping of cents and nickels.&nbsp;&nbsp; So there is an indirect (but still valid) enforceable law probiting melting cents and nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is just one example - a &quot;1964&quot; over-struck on a 1922 Peace Silver Dollar (&quot;arrows&quot; not needed).&nbsp;&nbsp; I can provide many more pictures, if necessary.</p><p>[ATTACH]172581.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sure it does.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is evidence of what people think.&nbsp;&nbsp; You claimed to know what &quot;most people&quot; think.&nbsp;&nbsp; Based on what <i>evidence</i> ?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hey, I can always save money by using smaller and lighter planchets.&nbsp; I could use half dollars as blanks and save a bunch.&nbsp;&nbsp; But what really matters, is the <i>per ounce</i> metric.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is what I said: &quot;per ounce&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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