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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 26061692, member: 20480&quot;]<font size="5">If Mr. Carr&#039;s use of the Half Eagle is to be supportable under The Hobby Protection Act, which is written specifically to allow for replica coinage, that half eagle must permanently bear the word &quot;COPY&quot; on it.&nbsp; Mr. Carr cannot claim protection under The Hobby Protection Act because his product is not marked &quot;COPY&quot; per the requirements.&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Thus, he has exposed himself to prosecution under 18 U.S. Code § 485 - Coins or bar: </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><blockquote><p><font size="5">Whoever falsely makes, forges, or counterfeits any coin or bar in resemblance or similitude of any coin of <span style="color: #ff0000">a denomination higher than 5 cents</span> or any gold or silver bar coined or stamped at any mint or assay office of the United States, or in resemblance or similitude of any foreign gold or silver coin current in the United States or in actual use and circulation as money within the United States; or</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Whoever passes, utters, publishes, sells, possesses, or brings into the United States any false, forged, or counterfeit coin or bar, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporate, or any person, or attempts the commission of any offense described in this paragraph—</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p></blockquote><p><font size="5">If you think using a fantasy date on the coin will get him a pass, consider whether the Secret Service would sit idly by after discovering a rash of fake Hundred Dollar bills series-dated 2020 (none were issued by the Treasury with that year printed on them)&nbsp; being passed in circulation.</font></p><p><font size="5"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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