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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2172570, member: 15929&quot;]No. Not at all. You&#039;d be creating counterfeit coins. I say this because its the &quot;Government Assay&quot; of the individual coins that matters, not the alloy once a bunch of them have been melted into a poundable bar.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your comment in your &quot;P.S.? He did not over strike Franklins onto Kennedy Halfs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read the production blog:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.moonlightmint.com/blog_5.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.moonlightmint.com/blog_5.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.moonlightmint.com/blog_5.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>USC 18 was written to prevent counterfeiting which is essentially the &quot;creation&quot; of money which Congress has not authorized.</p><p><br /></p><p>The HPA was written to prevent the &quot;creation&quot; of replica collectible coins without adding the word COPY to the coin which was created. For example, if the Moonlight Mint began over-striking Lincoln Wheat Cents with dies made to look like the 1955/55, then COPY would be required because it would be a &quot;COPY&quot; of an existing collectible numismatic item.</p><p><br /></p><p>Counterfeit key coins have been around since collectors began collecting and the HPA basically states that its OK to create a &quot;replica&quot; of an existing coin as long as it is properly identified.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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