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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2169207, member: 112&quot;]I&#039;ve stated my opinion of Daniel&#039;s fantasy coins many times before, and no I am not in favor of them. Is it legal ? Only a court can ever decide that, so our opinions on the subject of legality really don&#039;t matter. Nor will they ever. </p><p><br /></p><p>But is it right or wrong ? Is it good or bad for the hobby ? Is it ethical, unethical ? Well, rather obviously there are differences of opinion on that as well. And pretty much everybody tries to point various things out in order to change somebody else&#039;s opinion and reinforce theirs. But once established opinions usually can&#039;t be changed because people base them on how they personally see things, what they personally believe. And since everybody sees things differently, well that&#039;s why there are differences of opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for me, fantasy coins are just that, a fantasy. They are not even coins because real coins are issued by the govt. to be used as money. And there are a great many of them, not just those made by Daniel, and not just those from this country. Several fantasy coins are even among the most famous, and expensive, coins in US coin collecting. The 1804 dollar, the &#039;94-S dimes, the &#039;13 Liberty nickels - those are all fantasy coins. Not a one of them was ever issued by the US Mint, and that is the very definition that Daniel himself uses to justify what he does. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then you have coins like &#039;33 double eagles and the &#039;74 aluminum cents. The govt. claims they weren&#039;t ever issued by the US Mint either, and has fought long and hard to keep anybody from owning them. So what makes them different from the coins I mentioned above ? From what I can tell the govt. doesn&#039;t want you to own them but they seemingly don&#039;t care about the others. There has never been an attempt by the govt. to stop anybody from owning, buying, or selling, any of those coins. Why ? Good question, and not one I have any answer to. </p><p><br /></p><p>And no, it isn&#039;t that some want to collect them that makes them OK. Nor does what they cost make them OK. Some people will collect almost anything, pay almost anything, just to say that they have one. And usually the legality of owning one doesn&#039;t enter into things. In some cases illegality even seems to add to their attractiveness and desirability. Ask yourselves, and answer honestly, if you could own one of the &quot;coins&quot; that I have mentioned, would you ? Would the legality matter ? </p><p><br /></p><p>LOL ! I&#039;d like to be a mind reader to see those answers ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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