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Coin of the unRealm? 0

Bell ringers recently discovered two potentially rare coins — a 1799 Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Dollar and a 1878 Morgan Dollar — in a Salvation Army red kettle near Berlin.

The coins have not been authenticated. The story goes on to say

The U.S. Hobby Protection Act, first enacted in the early 1970s, requires that replica coins — a popular novelty item — be marked with the word “COPY” on the surface of the coin, Tiso said.

“The coin has to say ‘copy,’ otherwise it’s illegal,” said Tiso, the president of G.R. Tiso Numismatics, who explained that it’s a violation of U.S. federal law to sell unmarked replicas.

If only persons had inspected credit default swaps and “securitized” debt futures as thoroughly.

It occurs to me that, with the coins, at least there’s something to inspect.

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