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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SteveCaruso, post: 2060239, member: 37497&quot;]In truth, the &quot;new law&quot; (the Collectible Coins Protection Act) doesn&#039;t do much to the old Hobby Protection Act, but it does close some gaping loopholes. The biggest changes have been that all <i>sales</i> of replica/counterfeit coins must also be marked COPY (when before it was only if one imported or manufactured them -- so folks were saying &quot;I didn&#039;t make it or import it&quot;) and that people who substantially help out counterfeiters -- and would otherwise know better -- to pass bogus coins can be subject to enforcement.</p><p><br /></p><p>Simply owning an unmarked counterfeit or replica, provided you don&#039;t try to defraud anyone with it, is still 100% legal.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a precaution, all the fakes that end up in The Black Cabinet&#039;s stacks that don&#039;t have &quot;COPY&quot; stamped on them (provided they&#039;re not contemporary counterfeits of any real numismatic value) are stamped after they&#039;re cataloged and photographed and all are permanently removed from circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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