Chatanooga Coin busted by the US MINT
packers88
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Front page of the electronic coin world with the paper issue due to hit the shelves in few days. Has anyone else read this yet? Apparently, the US Mint has issued a cease and desist order. It has to do with their coin world advertisements for the HOt Springs Quarter package they were offering. THey stamped hot springs quarter rolls as US Mint Ceremonial rolls. I always wondered hot they could really proven they were ceremonial rolls, the only ones that have any credibility as far as I'm concerned are the pictorial stamps from the US Post Office that are available at a post office close to the ceremonies. Possible criminal action, does anyone think criminal action is going to far?
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TD
Criminal? How long has this been going on, have they been warned before? More info for me to
take a stance.
bob
<< <i>Personally, I do agree that this advertisement and past advertisements were very misleading. I could take a roll and stamp it US MINT Ceremonial roll, anyone could put a rubber stamp on a nfs string quarter roll and make it out to be a ceremonial roll. The ones that have the official united states post offfice cancellations on them are the true ceremonial rolls. Many people make hundreds or thousand mile trips to these ceremonies and then wait in line for hours at the local post office to have their ceremonial rolls stamped and cancelled. In my opinion, these rolls chatanooga was selling takes away from the true usps stamped ceremonial rolls. >>
In this case, it was a roll that was actually sold at a U.S. Mint ceremony. There was nothing fraudulent about it.
The Mint over-reacted.
TD
<< <i>Personally, I do agree that this advertisement and past advertisements were very misleading. I could take a roll and stamp it US MINT Ceremonial roll, anyone could put a rubber stamp on a nfs string quarter roll and make it out to be a ceremonial roll. >>
That would make you or the hypothetical anyone liars, but that is not what they did. They were actually at the ceremony.
TD
TD
I too think the US Mint over-reacted.
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Front page of the electronic coin world with the paper issue due to hit the shelves in few days. Has anyone else read this yet? Apparently, the US Mint has issued a cease and desist order. It has to do with their coin world advertisements for the HOt Springs Quarter package they were offering. THey stamped hot springs quarter rolls as US Mint Ceremonial rolls. I always wondered hot they could really proven they were ceremonial rolls, the only ones that have any credibility as far as I'm concerned are the pictorial stamps from the US Post Office that are available at a post office close to the ceremonies. Possible criminal action, does anyone think criminal action is going to far? >>
Can one be sure that the ceremonial rolls are legit?
Most of the time boxes are available on ebay before ceremony date.
What would stop someone from buying a box and having them stamped at the postoffice?
Joe
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<< <i>Front page of the electronic coin world with the paper issue due to hit the shelves in few days. Has anyone else read this yet? Apparently, the US Mint has issued a cease and desist order. It has to do with their coin world advertisements for the HOt Springs Quarter package they were offering. THey stamped hot springs quarter rolls as US Mint Ceremonial rolls. I always wondered hot they could really proven they were ceremonial rolls, the only ones that have any credibility as far as I'm concerned are the pictorial stamps from the US Post Office that are available at a post office close to the ceremonies. Possible criminal action, does anyone think criminal action is going to far? >>
Can one be sure that the ceremonial rolls are legit?
Most of the time boxes are available on ebay before ceremony date.
What would stop someone from buying a box and having them stamped at the postoffice?
Joe >>
Well, since the Ceremonial Rolls were part of the package which included the US Mints program and some other stuff, I don;t see why I would question it.
They could also be available individually which could be questionable but in reality, what real value does ANY of have? The "I was there" value certainly doesn't count if you buy them on the aftermarket.
I wonder if they got a Cease and Desist ATS?
The name is LEE!
Good for the Treasury in taking aggressive action!