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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mackwork, post: 1411927, member: 35676&quot;]Ok - thanks - I found it in your second link........</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/?action=archives" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/?action=archives" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/?action=archives</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><b><span style="color: #0000cd">&quot;Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands&#039;</span></b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><b><span style="color: #0000cd"><i>&quot;Freedom Tower&quot; Silver Dollar</i></span></b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #0000cd">The United States Mint wants to alert consumers and the public about a new product being marketed by a private firm -- the National Collector&#039;s Mint, Inc.&nbsp; The National Collector&#039;s Mint, Inc. advertises this product as a &quot;Freedom Tower Silver Dollar&quot; originating from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and claims that it is a &quot;legally authorized government issue&quot; coin.&nbsp; On October 13, 2004, the New York Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order against the National Collector’s Mint, Inc., immediately halting the advertisement and sale of the &quot;Freedom Tower Silver Dollar.&quot;&nbsp; Consumers who have questions or concerns about the &quot;Freedom Tower Silver Dollar&quot; can contact the New York Attorney General’s Office at </span><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/xLink/?xlink=www.oag.state.ny.us" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/xLink/?xlink=www.oag.state.ny.us" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000cd">www.oag.state.ny.us</span></a><span style="color: #0000cd"> or by calling the Attorney General’s consumer help line at (800) 771-7755 (in-state) or (518) 474-5481 (out-of-state).</span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #0000cd"><b><i>The &quot;Freedom Tower Silver Dollar&quot; is not a genuine United States Mint coin or medal.</i></b>&nbsp; Under the Constitution, Congress has the exclusive power to coin money of the United States.&nbsp; Congress has delegated its authority to mint and issue coins to the Secretary of Treasury, and Congress requires the Secretary to carry out these duties at the United States Mint.&nbsp; Thus, the United States Mint is the only government entity in the United States with the authority to coin money.&nbsp; Clearly, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. insular possession, does not have the authority to coin its own money.</span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #0000cd">Consumers may find the advertisements for this product confusing because the National Collector&#039;s Mint uses phrases such as &quot;legally authorized government issue,&quot; &quot;U.S. territorial minting,&quot; and &quot;silver dollar.&quot;&nbsp; The product itself may be confusing because it bears the denomination &quot;One Dollar&quot; and the inscription &quot;In God We Trust,&quot; which Congress requires on all United States coins.&nbsp; Congress did not authorize the National Collector&#039;s Mint product, and the United States Government does not endorse it.&quot;</span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #0000cd"><br /></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #0000cd"><br /></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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