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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 1419039, member: 1101&quot;]Comma: marketing on coins/currency is a gray area at best, and illegal at worst.&nbsp; I believe that there is a separate section of the US code that applies to this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some anecdotal evidence to back this up:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) &quot;Where&#039;s George&quot; - the Secret Service scrutinized the originator of that site/practice, and accepted the rubber stamping on dollar bills as long as he stopped selling the rubber stamps on his site (he was not allowed to make any profit on the stamping of currency, but once that aspect was removed, it was OK).</p><p><br /></p><p>2) &quot;Silver Surfer&quot; colorized quarters that were placed into circulation a few years back. The Secret Service protested bcause it was done for advertising and the coins were put into circulation. The implication was that if they had not been intended to circulate then it would have been OK. </p><p><br /></p><p>So...proceed carefully.&nbsp; My own opinion is that you can, for all practical purposes,&nbsp; stamp whatever you want on a coin, but if you want to circulate them as advertising that might be an issue. (Just my opinion, and I am not a lawyer). You can contact the Secret Servcie to ask for a clarifiaction, but once you raise the issue you may get more govt scrutiny than you bargained for or deserve. </p><p><br /></p><p>P.S.&nbsp; - Like BRandM, I would like to get a sample of whatever you stamp, if you decide to move forward. I have put 10,000 - 20,000 counterstamped coins into circulation and I collect whatever counterstamps I can find, espcially from modern counterstampers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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