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<p>[QUOTE="mkwelbornjr, post: 1367941, member: 17034"]Well the Norfed pieces were being distributed as a means of currency. Its definitely not against the law to make tokens or medals with dollars on them. Sunshine Mint actually minted the Norfed dollars. Its a blurry issue as to whether someone will try to spend a 1964 Franklin Half. But then it still was a real Franklin Half. Perhaps it will be required to mark these issues with "Non Legal Tender" Or perhaps some simpler form of that. I personally enjoy the overstrikes and would not want the gov telling is that we can't collect them. Its a safe assumption that someone is not going to spend $100 and spend it for 50cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoy the collecting variety available...from the US Mint and others. It would be very boring to have nothing other than the blah commems the US Mint spits forth...like the Boy Scout Coin with its generic design. ..and as Dan Carr mentioned before he is not altering the face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps there was another side to the Norfed story...maybe tax evasion...who knows.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be nice if the US Mint...like the Perth Mint...issued a series of coins replicating old US designs...with legal tender value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mkwelbornjr, post: 1367941, member: 17034"]Well the Norfed pieces were being distributed as a means of currency. Its definitely not against the law to make tokens or medals with dollars on them. Sunshine Mint actually minted the Norfed dollars. Its a blurry issue as to whether someone will try to spend a 1964 Franklin Half. But then it still was a real Franklin Half. Perhaps it will be required to mark these issues with "Non Legal Tender" Or perhaps some simpler form of that. I personally enjoy the overstrikes and would not want the gov telling is that we can't collect them. Its a safe assumption that someone is not going to spend $100 and spend it for 50cents. I enjoy the collecting variety available...from the US Mint and others. It would be very boring to have nothing other than the blah commems the US Mint spits forth...like the Boy Scout Coin with its generic design. ..and as Dan Carr mentioned before he is not altering the face value. Perhaps there was another side to the Norfed story...maybe tax evasion...who knows. It would be nice if the US Mint...like the Perth Mint...issued a series of coins replicating old US designs...with legal tender value.[/QUOTE]
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