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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2911583, member: 86795&quot;]Does anyone else see the potential violation of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 being committed by the United States Mint in their practice of issuing free-floating Certificates of Authenticity for their Proof and Uncirculated Coin Products?</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The <b>Paperwork Reduction Act</b> of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812, codified at 44 U.S.C. §§ 3501–3521) is a United States federal law enacted in 1980 designed to <b>reduce</b> the total amount of <b>paperwork </b>burden the federal government imposes on private businesses and citizens.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s why I think we have a problem. COAs that come with US Mint Coins are printed on nice heavy stock paper and make us feel all warm and fuzzy official like, maybe not as warm and fuzzy as the blue display cases, but warm and fuzzy nonetheless, or they sure do make me.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, these COAs are not attached to anything and an unscrupulous person could turn right around and try to use them to authenticate a lesser grade coin of the same date and mint mark, just by including the COA in a fuzzy blue box and the coin in a capsule. Now maybe no one has ever thought of this before, but if I can think of it, I kind of doubt that.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I think the COAs might be a waste of paper, and then of course, money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, if you wanted to be silly, you could use one to try to authenticate your cat, but I doubt anyone would go for that.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, let&#039;s say you LOST your COA, or maybe your cat ate it. That I am sure has happened. You&#039;re not out of luck, though, as luckily, you can buy COAs on eBay, even fuzzy blue boxes. Of course, it wouldn&#039;t be the original COA for your coin and you might always have a certain nagging feeling in the back of your mind that someday the government would find out and then who knows what kind of trouble you&#039;d be in. This could be accompanied by loss of appetite, a sense of paranoia, who knows what else? Me, I say, JUST SAY NO. I want MY COA or none at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, cleaning up today, I found this, from long ago...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]703142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I should write them back or give em a call and let them know they can buy some on eBay?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, anyone think there&#039;s a collectible value for the above non-COA apology?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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