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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3946964, member: 27832"]I realize that that paragraph <i>defines</i> the law, but it's not very useful in this discussion. Just for starters, it would seem to criminalize plastic play money, not to mention reproductions properly marked COPY.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me that if you interpret the statute to permit play money and HPA-compliant marked copies, there couldn't possibly be any problem with bullion coins that (a) leave off the denomination, (b) alter other design elements, (c) <b>aren't even the same size, color or weight as the original coins</b>, and (d) <b>contain bullion far exceeding the face value of the original coins</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3946964, member: 27832"]I realize that that paragraph [I]defines[/I] the law, but it's not very useful in this discussion. Just for starters, it would seem to criminalize plastic play money, not to mention reproductions properly marked COPY. It seems to me that if you interpret the statute to permit play money and HPA-compliant marked copies, there couldn't possibly be any problem with bullion coins that (a) leave off the denomination, (b) alter other design elements, (c) [B]aren't even the same size, color or weight as the original coins[/B], and (d) [B]contain bullion far exceeding the face value of the original coins[/B].[/QUOTE]
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