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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 210297, member: 4626&quot;]Actually, they both have.&nbsp; However at least Marshall Islands coins are minted under authority by the actual govermnent of the Marshall Islands.&nbsp; The Marianas have a bad habit of trying to pass of their &quot;coins&quot; (strictly speaking, actually medals) as &quot;official government issues&quot; despite the fact as a US territory they have no authority to mint legal tender coins.&nbsp; Here is the most famous &quot;coin&quot; the Marianas are responsible for:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_Silver_Dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_Silver_Dollar" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_Silver_Dollar</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a similar controversy regarding copies of the 1933 double eagle (though personally I think that should have been less of an issue as no reasonable person would mistake it for the real thing.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether the Marianas should be held responsible for the advertising by the private mints they higher to make medals is debateable I suppose, but they can hardly be called a disinterested party as they raise a significant amount of funds by the selling of these medals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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