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<p>[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 450370, member: 307"]It is meaningless as it stands... yes. What I am proposing is changing the law with regard to offering anything for sale as a coin. That it need be a legal tender issue of some legitimate government (yes, that includes proofs and commems) in order for the seller to use the word coin. If not, then it constitutes fraud, plain and simple. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the law were changed, (note the question about involving our congresspeople), there would be meaning, and it would be simple for the average layman to make this determination.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Union shown in the previous post makes my point as the author stated that they needed to carefully sidestep controversies by using certain wording. My proposal is that the government make the word "coin" have this legal commercial definition and therefore the advertising will be easier to decode.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 450370, member: 307"]It is meaningless as it stands... yes. What I am proposing is changing the law with regard to offering anything for sale as a coin. That it need be a legal tender issue of some legitimate government (yes, that includes proofs and commems) in order for the seller to use the word coin. If not, then it constitutes fraud, plain and simple. If the law were changed, (note the question about involving our congresspeople), there would be meaning, and it would be simple for the average layman to make this determination. The Union shown in the previous post makes my point as the author stated that they needed to carefully sidestep controversies by using certain wording. My proposal is that the government make the word "coin" have this legal commercial definition and therefore the advertising will be easier to decode.[/QUOTE]
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