Reply to earlier question about not illustrating coins in newspapers, etc.
RogerB
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This letter might help answer the question from a member about legal prohibition on illustrating coins in newspapers and advertisements.
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@RogerB Can you think of any modern equivalents to this?
Off hand, not for ordinary things. Paper currency and bonds have some restrictions but not the kind of goofy prohibition mentioned in the letter.
Photography is prohibited during a tour of a mint. Perhaps that's close to a "modern equivalent"?
Edit: Interesting that it's specific to coins and nothing about currency.
A period, exclamation point or even a question mark would help there! That is a long sentence.
The quoted section meant that the NY Times could not put a photo or illustration of the new cent on the front page, but they could put one in the Stamp & Coin column.
Imagine if, with today's technology, enforcing some directive such as that..... impossible. Cheers, RickO
This was also interpreted as preventing sponsors of commemorative coins from printing photos or drawings of their coins. Most side-stepped the rules by omitting the denomination and "USA" or showing a nearly identical medal.
These regulations and similar ones concerning paper money also had an effect on the motion picture industry.
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television