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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim K, post: 3957465, member: 91282&quot;]As for myself, I wanted one of the 1964 Morgans simply for the novelty of it. I am striving for a complete Morgan collection, and for a mere $10.00 I THOUGHT this would be a nice addition for the artwork factor.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I am extremely disappointed by the word &quot;COPY&quot; being stamped on the reverse of both versions of this coin...(Both the .999 silver half ounce and the 71mg clad version).</p><p><br /></p><p>My question is &quot;why&quot;? The coin is clearly not a US issue as the reverse shows a picture of the queen and has Cook islands clearly stamped on it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps its like the NORFED coins. Without the word copy, the private mint responsible for pressing these may have been covering their own respective butts, by conforming to the United States countefeiting laws that require reproductions to include the specific word &quot;COPY&quot; on the coin. In the NORFED case, the Federal government said the NORFED coins were too similar to legal tender coins issued by the US Mint, and therefore were a violation of counterfeiting laws....at least as far as I have been told.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems silly to me though, unless if they omitted the word &quot;copy&quot;, perhaps sales of these items would not be allowed in the USA.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example, there have been commemerative issues produced by the Perth mint, that they will not ship to the US. I can only presume its due to our laws in the States regarding counterfeiting or copyrights. Let me know if I am off base with that notion, as I really do not know why the Cook Island Morgans would fall into that catagory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, let me know your input on this. It seems very odd to me to have a legal tender coin that has the word &quot;copy&quot; stamped on it. It makes it seem like its not legal tender, even though my research has shown that it is.....well, in the Cook Islands anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did get one of the $10.00 silver clad Morgans, and it does look nice excepting that nasty &quot;copy&quot; stamp on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW....as for the National Collectors mint, I would have to agree that their coins are substandard, disappointing, and not worth the money you have to pay for them. I will avoid purchasing from them in the future. Their catalog is very nice, but when my order was received I was left with the thought.....&quot;Is this what I bought?&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck folks....happy hunting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1042511[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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