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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 8334866, member: 27832"]I'm having some difficulty finding "Westminster Mint vs. FTC", but I found this discussion; is this what you had in mind?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/924970/tomorrow-is-my-day-in-court-final-settlement-approved-by-court-my-muzzle-removed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/924970/tomorrow-is-my-day-in-court-final-settlement-approved-by-court-my-muzzle-removed" rel="nofollow">https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/924970/tomorrow-is-my-day-in-court-final-settlement-approved-by-court-my-muzzle-removed</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Westminster Mint was striking items that resembled US coins <i>starting with silver blanks</i>, not overstriking legitimate coins. If Carr were striking his fantasy issues from raw metal, I think he would already have been shut down. He isn't, and he hasn't been.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the "overstriking on an existing coin of the same denomination" gives him bulletproof protection from the "attacking the money supply" aspect of counterfeit prosecution. As for Hobby Protection? It's still a gray area, based on the amount of heat it continues to generate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 8334866, member: 27832"]I'm having some difficulty finding "Westminster Mint vs. FTC", but I found this discussion; is this what you had in mind? [URL]https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/924970/tomorrow-is-my-day-in-court-final-settlement-approved-by-court-my-muzzle-removed[/URL] Westminster Mint was striking items that resembled US coins [I]starting with silver blanks[/I], not overstriking legitimate coins. If Carr were striking his fantasy issues from raw metal, I think he would already have been shut down. He isn't, and he hasn't been. I think the "overstriking on an existing coin of the same denomination" gives him bulletproof protection from the "attacking the money supply" aspect of counterfeit prosecution. As for Hobby Protection? It's still a gray area, based on the amount of heat it continues to generate.[/QUOTE]
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