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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;karrlot, post: 88373, member: 4476&quot;]My guess is that it is legal.&nbsp; The ad states &quot;custom packaging licensed by the U.S. Mint&quot;.&nbsp; Licensed means that the US Mint gave permission (for a fee) to another company to produce things with the mints logo, trademarks, images, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; The other company makes, markets, and sells the products, not the mint.&nbsp; Therefor, the mint is correct when they say &quot;its not ours&quot;&nbsp; but that doesn&#039;t mean &quot;its not licensed by us&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t surprise me that Harris has some products, and someone else has others.&nbsp; In many licensing agreements the contract specifies what types of products you are allowed to produce.&nbsp; These designations get VERY specific.&nbsp; One company might be licensed to make trifold coin books (like Harris), another company might get the liscense to produce a map that you stick quarters in,&nbsp; another company might get the license to produce quarter albums. </p><p><br /></p><p>I work for a very large company that produces things licensed by other companies (Disney, Nickelodean, etc).&nbsp; We actually had a contract with the US mint to produce things under the logo of the 50 State Quarters.&nbsp; Our product was made by us, but had the US mint logo on it somewhere.&nbsp; Among other things, we had a license to produce 10&quot; dolls (because you know how many coin collectors also collect dolls) for the 50 state quarter program.&nbsp; We were licensed to produce &quot;pendents&quot; but not &quot;jewelry&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any violations of licensing agreements usually result in swift legal action.&nbsp; I can&#039;t imagine that HSN would mess around with that, especially when they have such a highly visible venue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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