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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 1129723, member: 307&quot;]I don&#039;t think that the displeasure with National Collectors Mint is that people don&#039;t hit on some high-paying investment. The displeasure is that the commercials make vague references and lead one to believe that the coins are US Mint products, which they are not.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, the current 2011 &quot;Tribute&quot; Proof Buffalo Gold coin looks almost identical to a Proof AGB coin issued by the US Mint. From the commercial, you may not see the difference, they look so similar. I don&#039;t think that it&#039;s people trying to get rich quick as much as it&#039;s people who think that they are buying a coin with <b>some</b> value when in actuality, it has little to none. To a non-expert, they can be easy to confuse with genuine US Mint products. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is proof to back up this argument as the US Mint has copyrighted the term &quot;America The Beautiful Quarters&quot; in order to differentiate between the Mint selling these coins versus other outlets. And these are for the genuine coins! The Mint is trying to make it more obvious when you are buying a product from them or from a secondary dealer. I reckon that if they could figure out a way to make it crystal clear about these National Collector&#039;s Mint coins, they would, but the National Collector&#039;s Mint is not violating any law. The pieces are either fantasy pieces or marked copy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to see a change to the Hobby Protection Act that would state as such: No imitation numismatic item may feature the words &quot;United States of America&quot; or any real US denomination regardless of whether or not it is marked &quot;Copy&quot;. or a mandate that the manufacturer&#039;s company name must appear on the coin would also work as only the US Mint would be able to make coins that have the words United States of America on them. This would differentiate the genuine US Mint products from fantasy and imitation pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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