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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1107591, member: 66&quot;]This definition has a problem.&nbsp; Exactly what is meant by &quot;part of a coinage/issue&quot;?&nbsp; Are they referring to each an specific date/mintmark combination?&nbsp;&nbsp; Or are they taking a broader view where coinage/issue refers to the entire series? </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I believe they intend the broader interpretation.&nbsp; In that case the 1964-D peace dollar was part of the series of peace dollars, or part of the coinage of peace dollars so the 1964-D dollar was an &quot;original numismatic item&quot;.&nbsp; The 2009 proof ASE appears to be a coin that would be part of the SERIES or coinage of American Silver Eagles so it does appear to be an original numismatic item.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you have to take the broader view because if you don&#039;t you run into the absurdity that say an 1895-O or S dollar is an original numismatic item, but a 1895-P proof dollar, since it is not used in exchange or to commemorate a person, object , place, or event, is NOT an original numismatic item.&nbsp; No proof only coinage would be numismatic items.&nbsp; No pattern coins would be numismatic items.&nbsp; (The silver eagles would also not appear to meet the definition of numismatic items, but in their authorizing legislation they were declared to be numismatic items.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking the broader view also gives coverage to dates and mints that were never produced by the mint, thereby including under the law fantasy date and mint combinations that appear to be part of a coin series but which never really existed.&nbsp; So if I made a 1905 Morgan the HPA would require it to be marked because it appeared to be part of the Morgan dollar coinage.&nbsp; And then to be consistant, a proof 2009 silver eagle, because it appeared to be part of the ASE coinage, would also be covered by the HPA.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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