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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 1419533, member: 1101&quot;]Numis-addict: exactly.</p><p><br /></p><p>To go one step further, if you were c/stamping coins with an identifiable partisan political message but were not affiliated with the candidiate/cause, then that &quot;might&quot; be legal.&nbsp; (Some people are doing it now, and might argue it is freedom of speech).</p><p><br /></p><p>Comma: that is the rub, as they used to say (not sure if people still use that expression??).&nbsp; You would be relying on your stated intentions and good faith. My guess (once again, I am not a lawyer) is that the worst case scenario is that the Secret Service would ask you to stop doing it if they felt there was an issue and if they even found out about it in the first place (I will keep my mouth shut if you give me a sample for my collection). </p><p><br /></p><p>One other idea would be to put the coins in cardboard 2x2 holders when you hand them out - that way if any end up in circulation it will be clear that the customers were the ones who took them out of the holder to spend them. </p><p><br /></p><p>In cases like this I go by precedent as a practical guide. Think of some of the colorized coins that have been sold as collectables: Elvis Presley (was NOT construed as marketing for his estate, etc.), Barack Obama (obviously legal when sold as an overpriced collector&#039;s item, but presumably illegal if it were created and dumped into circulation by his campaign).</p><p><br /></p><p>If it were me, I would research various precedents and use that as a guide.&nbsp; (And if it were me, I would try to find a way to justify it since it is good fun to counterstamp coins).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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