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Message:: [QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 1259687, member: 18157"]Ooops...sorry. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Just in case you don't get a response...it was Congress who referred to  them as "bullion" in the <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/31/usc_sec_31_00005112----000-.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/31/usc_sec_31_00005112----000-.html" rel="nofollow">original legislation</a>. If  you scroll down to section (o), you'll see  that the title is..."First  Spouse Bullion Coin Program". They're called "bullion"  all through the section. The last paragraph (Para.  10) states... This is the confusing part...Sections 5134 and 5136 refer to the "<a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode31/usc_sec_31_00005136----000-.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode31/usc_sec_31_00005136----000-.html" rel="nofollow">US Mint Public Enterprise  Fund</a>" which seems to be a separate accounting  mechanism for Mint's "Franklin Mint" operations. I've read where the term "Numismatic Item" has a legal connotation for  things like taxes, confiscation, etc. If First Spouse coins are only  Numismatic Items for purposes of accounting...but really "bullion", that  would be a nice factoid to nail down.[/QUOTE]