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To: GeronL
"BTW, if the coins are real gold and silver how could they possibly be considered counterfeit?"

It's not the fact that he was selling gold or silver coins that's problematic. What's problematic is that the coins do bear some similarity to actual US coins. If he would have stamped Snoopy or Bugs Bunny on the coins, he wouldn't have been convicted.

The government alleged and argued (amongst other things) that the coins looked too similar to actual currency. The jurors agreed.

8 posted on 03/19/2011 12:44:45 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Jurors will agree to all kinds of stupid things.


10 posted on 03/19/2011 12:45:39 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: OldDeckHand

What’s that company that sells all sorts of silver and gold coins that really look like US coins? How do they get away with it?


16 posted on 03/19/2011 12:52:52 PM PDT by ReverendJames (Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White.)
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