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Message:: [QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 1334861, member: 18157"]Granted, the Hobby Protection Act of 2004 defines an "imitation numismatic item" as... That pretty much says that the item being imitated has to be "previously" issued as a "Numismatic Item" by the US Government (I threw the "US Government" part in, but I think that's what it's saying). This would say that the 1964 Peace Dollars, this Palladium piece, and the rest of Mr. Carr's collection are all completely legal. From my perspective, I think that's great!! I like Mr. Carr's work and would like to own some for myself. What concerns me (regardless if it's in the law or not) is that "a reasonable person" with less numismatic knowledge than the average CT member could easily confuse these items as genuine US Government issued Numismatic items. I mean...I look at that Palladium bullion piece and the only thing that indicates that it's not a US Mint product is that it looks too nice! If you lined up a bunch of the US Mint issued Platinum bullion coins...and threw in one of Mr. Carr's designs, I doubt an "average Joe" from off the street could pick it out. Maybe not even the average CT member. As Ron White says..."you can't fix Stupid". However, if a reasonable person with average numismatic knowledge and experience can be fooled...well, maybe there's a problem...(just say'n)[/QUOTE]