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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 2964557, member: 4781&quot;]This part appears in that same document (in the &quot;Analysis&quot; section after the part you quoted):</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Lastly, the Commission does not propose modifying the Rules to ban the sale of fantasy coins outright. Sales of properly-marked fantasy coins are lawful under the Commission&#039;s decision in In re Gold Bullion discussed above, which held that vendors could sell coins with date variations so long as the coins are marked with the word `Copy.&#039; ” 92 F.T.C. at 223. By contrast, the federal statute prohibiting the alteration of U.S. coins requires fraudulent intent. </i><a href="https://api.fdsys.gov/link?collection=uscode&amp;title=18&amp;year=mostrecent&amp;section=331&amp;type=usc&amp;link-type=html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://api.fdsys.gov/link?collection=uscode&amp;title=18&amp;year=mostrecent&amp;section=331&amp;type=usc&amp;link-type=html" rel="nofollow"><i>18 U.S.C. 331</i></a><i>. Accordingly, the Commission finds no grounds to adopt a rule banning fantasy coins.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The last two sentences are key. The GOLD Bullion International case did NOT involve the alteration of genuine coins. So what this is saying, basically, is that the Commission doesn&#039;t need to adopt any new rules because altering existing coins with fantasy elements is ok so long as there is no fraudulent intent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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