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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1835938, member: 57463&quot;]I have to disagree.&nbsp; You need to define &quot;counterfeit.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is true that contemporary counterfeits get a blind eye from the law. The letter of the law would contravene the spirit of the law.&nbsp; Contemporary&nbsp; pennies and half pennies from colonial America, ancient copies of Athenian owls (both in good silver and plated forgeries), and similar items do not usually concern law enforcement. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a coffee cup coaster 3-1/2 inches in diameter in the likeness of an Indianhead Cent. No one cares.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Henning Nickels are a different problem, as are the 1912 Liberty Nickels, and the 1804 Dollars.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are contraband under the law and can be seized without a warrant. It will never happen. Rich people are allowed to get away with some economic crimes. It is a fact of life in a capitalist society (or any society) - and no one here is more libertarian than I am.&nbsp; Nonetheless, the sociology of crime remains a constant.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If I were in charge of the Secret Service, I would seize them.&nbsp; But that is why I am not in charge of the Secret Service - or much of anything else.&nbsp; Common sense tends to rule.&nbsp; (And it was common sense that Baron von Nothaus&#039;s &quot;Liberty Dollars&quot; would not be allowed to continue.&nbsp; But that is another story.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately, there is the problem of the criminal production and sale of counterfeit US currency.&nbsp; About 2000 or so, businesses along the East Coast were hit by a large volume of counterfeit US Quarter Dollars.&nbsp; We have had new designs for FRNs since then, also, because of the huge influx of counterfeits.&nbsp; The US government brought pressure on China, and three men were executed for making counterfeit US currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>Selling a collectible counterfeits for more than their face value does not open the door to larceny. Selling them for less than face value does.&nbsp; But contraband cannot be legally owned.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can never have title to it. Period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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